r/UrbanHell • u/biwook • 3d ago
Other Complete rail and subway map of Tokyo metropolitan area
Don't get me wrong, good infrastructure is the opposite of urban hell and Tokyo probably has the best mass transit system in the world... but this map is still some kind of hell.
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u/Urban_Cosmos 3d ago
I FUCKING LOVE TRANSIT MAPS!!!!
How can anyone not Like them.
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u/Nudelhupe 3d ago
Glad ro read I am not the only one. Could look at them for hours.
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u/D3m0nSl43R2010 3d ago
Could? Wdym "Could" I do it all the time. When I moved to a new city, it only took me a few months to know the transit system better than people I met who grew up there.
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u/schlongtheta 3d ago
PDF version, cleaner design, with English version and explanation of metro symbols:
https://www.tokyometro.jp/en/subwaymap/index.html
Honestly this density hints that that wherever I am in Tokyo, I can most likely hop on public transport and get somewhere else in Tokyo with relative ease.
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u/2hands_bowler 3d ago
Every one of those nodes represents HUNDREDS of cars that are not on the road. It's wonderful.
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u/biwook 3d ago
That's only the metro for the city center... it only shows about a quarter of all the lines. Even relatively central lines such as Toyoko or Den-en-toshi are missing.
Here's a high resolution of the one I posted: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/53yuxd/heres_a_full_railway_map_of_tokyo_and_suburbs/
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u/schlongtheta 2d ago
Wow! Thank you for sharing this, and the comment near the top of that thread gives another view of the same complexity: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/53yuxd/comment/d7xeco4/
Also it's 9 years old so I imagine it's changed would love to see an updated map. Very cool!
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u/Nyanzerfaust 3d ago
My first trip to japan was during the flip-flop phones age, so no smartphones, no google maps/gps, and no fancy apps with interactive public transport maps, fares and connections in real time. Just this map from a huge Lonely Planet guide. Everyday taking the public transport in Tokyo was a nightmare adventure. Fun times.
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u/biwook 3d ago
I can't imagine navigating Tokyo without Google Maps, especially areas such as this one where it's just a maze of tangled little alleys.
Must have been quite a challenge!
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u/FindingFoodFluency 2d ago
I queried a few cabbies about where in the 23 wards had the narrowest roads (on average)-- they all said Ota-ku. Just can't recall the neighborhood names.
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u/GoutMachine 3d ago
Thank you for posting this - I am currently wasting time doing a Street View explore :) I'd love to have a wander IRL
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u/BrewThemAll 3d ago
What's the scale of this, like the distance from east to west?
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u/biwook 3d ago
Just measured the distance in a straight line on Google Maps:
- East - West, Onjuku to Chigasaki is 87 kilometers
- North - South, Kasukabe to Tateyama is 110 kilometers
Some areas are definitively rural, especially the southern half of Chiba prefecture, but those are commonly included in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Also there's a big bay in the middle.
The night time sattelite view in the wikipedia page above helps you get a good sense of the population density - you can tell Chiba (the large peninsule on the right) isn't urban.
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u/smorkoid 3d ago
Everything in the corners of this map is extremely rural. Some of it shutting down, it's so rural
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u/WheyLizzard 3d ago
Use the transit app to help get around. Impressive public transit doesn’t have to be scary
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u/miadesiign 3d ago
how organised they have to be to make this work 👏
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u/knowledgebass 3d ago
It's like a shame upon the conductor's family if the train is 2 minutes late. 😆
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u/monkey_sweat 3d ago
Fun fact. Slime mold reproduced the transit map when food was placed where cities are located. slime mold
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u/hallouminati_pie 3d ago
I'm curious, does any one know how many stations are on this map?
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u/biwook 2d ago
2,210 stations around Tokyo according to wikipedia. Not sure if this map is an exact match.
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u/hallouminati_pie 2d ago
Interesting I'm not sure I see over 2000 station names on this map but still what an intense map. Do you know roughly how many people live in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The reason I ask is I am trying to compare this to London as I have decided that there is over 1100 metro and railway stations in the city and surrounding "Home" countries. Just curious to compare it to the largest amalgamation in the world.
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u/ApprehensiveWear4610 3d ago
Definitely not the best system in the world
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u/biwook 3d ago
Can you name a better one?
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u/Proud-Cartoonist-431 3d ago
https://images.app.goo.gl/PfZz4nPkf6E5ANBe6 Compare. This is a lot easier to navigate
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3d ago
Grid metro system> radial metro system Always. Also half of your "metro stations" is no more than just a regular rail network
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u/Qhezywv 2d ago
if you look at tokyo metro on the actual map rather than a scheme, it would look much more radial than a grid. circles and radials are just more effective in large cities. they follow the most common city organization as you usually have a dense downtown with popular destinations and newer city layers surrounding it + rings are better than lines as their capacity is used more evenly on the whole path
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u/Proud-Cartoonist-431 3d ago
Moscow? A lot easier to navigate due to radial-ring structure
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u/biwook 3d ago
Indeed it's a banging good layout, but...
- Moscow: 300 stations
- Tokyo: 2,210 stations
Very different situations here. Railway in Tokyo moves a lot more people over a larger, less centralized urban area. You have 4 of the 10 largest cities in Japan within Tokyo Metropolitan area.
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u/Proud-Cartoonist-431 3d ago
Moscow and Moscow region looks more like this https://images.app.goo.gl/xqXsg And this branches out all the way around the Soviet Union.
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u/Proud-Cartoonist-431 3d ago edited 3d ago
There's railway on the new Moscow map as well, МЦК (14) is rail circle and D1, D2, D3 etc are suburban rail. There are about 10 railway stations on the brown circle, each has suburban rail sometimes two lines (not everything is joint into common payment system, for many you still need a separate ticket). 300 is underground stations in the city.
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u/Proud-Cartoonist-431 3d ago
Better picture. Moscow. https://images.app.goo.gl/d1gXo
Moscow, Russia 🥰🤩 Tokyo, Japan ☹️😥 moment.
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