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The Template:Nihongo foot, branded as the Template:Nihongo foot<ref name="TokyoSakura">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a hybrid tram/light rail line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden tram system and one of the only two light rail lines in Tokyo, besides the Setagaya Line.

Station listEdit

All stations are located in Tokyo.

No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
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Template:TDSN Template:STN 三ノ輪橋 - 0.0 Template:TSLS Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (Template:STN: H-20) Arakawa
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川一中前 0.3 0.3  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川区役所前 0.3 0.6  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川二丁目 0.4 1.0  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川七丁目 0.4 1.4  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 町屋駅前 0.4 1.8 Template:Plainlist
Template:TDSN Template:STN 町屋二丁目 0.4 2.2  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 東尾久三丁目 0.3 2.5  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 熊野前 0.6 3.1 Template:TNLS Nippori-Toneri Liner (NT04)
Template:TDSN Template:STN 宮ノ前 0.4 3.5  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 小台 0.3 3.8  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川遊園地前 0.3 4.1  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 荒川車庫前 0.5 4.6  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 梶原 0.4 5.0   Kita
Template:TDSN Template:STN 栄町 0.5 5.5  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 王子駅前 0.5 6.0 Template:Plainlist
Template:TDSN Template:STN 飛鳥山 0.5 6.5  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 滝野川一丁目 0.4 6.9  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 西ヶ原四丁目 0.4 7.3  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 新庚申塚 0.4 7.7 Template:TSLS Toei Mita Line (Template:STN: I-16) Toshima
Template:TDSN Template:STN 庚申塚 0.2 7.9  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 巣鴨新田 0.5 8.4  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 大塚駅前 0.5 8.9 Template:JRLS Yamanote Line (Template:STN: JY12)
Template:TDSN Template:STN 向原 0.5 9.4  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 東池袋四丁目 0.6 10.0 Template:TSLS Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Template:STN: Y-10)
Template:TDSN Template:STN 都電雑司ヶ谷 0.2 10.2  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 鬼子母神前 0.5 10.7 Template:TSLS Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (Template:STN: F-10)
Template:TDSN Template:STN 学習院下 0.5 11.2  
Template:TDSN Template:STN 面影橋 0.5 11.7   Shinjuku
Template:TDSN Template:STN 早稲田 0.5 12.2  

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Rolling stockEdit

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Former rolling stockEdit

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HistoryEdit

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The line was originally constructed by the Template:Nihongo as a part of their extensive network, with the oldest section still operating today opened in 1913. The line was at threat of being shut down along with the rest of Tokyo's streetcar system in the 1960s, but concerted opposition from residents prevented this and parts of lines 27 (Minowabashi-Akabane) and 32 (Arakawa-Waseda) were merged to form the line as it is today. The line was sold to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation in 1974, which renamed it the Toden Arakawa Line.

The Toden Arakawa Line operates between the terminals at Minowabashi Station and Waseda Station. It runs along Meiji Street between Asuka-yama Station and Oji Eki-mae Station. Otherwise, it operates on its own tracks. Presently, single driver-operated cars make the Template:Cvt trip in 50 minutes. The gauge is Template:RailGauge. The line is fully double-track, and draws 600 V electrical supply.

Two Toden Arakawa trams (one in revenue earning service, the other undergoing brake testing) collided on 13 June 2006 near the Minowabashi terminus, injuring 27 people.

SightsEdit

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File:Toden Arakawa Tram Near Kishibojinmae Station.jpg
A Toden Arakawa line tram, near Kishibojinmae Station

The Toden Arakawa Line operates in northern and eastern Tokyo outside the main tourist areas. The terminus at Minowabashi is near the historical site of Edo's red-light district Yoshiwara which features a completely covered shopping street, several blocks long, in the once common "Ameyoko" style (a shōtengai).

In literatureEdit

In Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, protagonist Toru Watanabe takes the line to near Ōtsuka Station: "I sat in the last seat and watched the ancient houses passing close to the window. The tram almost touched the overhanging eaves.... The tram snaked its way through this private back-alley world."<ref>p. 84, Vintage Books edition.</ref>

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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  • L.W. Demery, R. Forty, R. DeGroote and J.W. Higgins, Electric Railways of Japan (Interurbans- Tramways-Metros) Vol.1: Tokyo and Northern Japan. Light Rail Transit Association, 1983.

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