Toei Subway
Overview
Native name	都営地下鉄 Toei chikatetsu
Locale	Tokyo, Japan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4[1]
Number of stations	106[1]
Daily ridership	2.85 million (FY2014)[1]
Website	Toei
Operation
Began operation	4 December 1960; 64 years ago (4 December 1960)
Operator(s)	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Technical
System length	109.0 km (67.7 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Asakusa and Ōedo lines) 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) (Shinjuku line) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Mita line)
Electrification	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC[1]
System map

TheToei Subway (Japanese:都営地下鉄,Hepburn:Toei chikatetsu;lit. 'metropolis-operated subway'[2]) is one of two subway systems inTokyo, Japan, the other being theTokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by theTokyo Metropolitan Government following transfers of the licenses for each line. The subway has run at a financial loss for most of its history due to high construction expenses, particularly for theOedo Line. However, it reported its first net profit of ¥3.13bn in FY2006. The Toei Subway is operated by theTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.

Tokyo Metro and Toei trains form completely separate networks. While users of prepaid rail passes can freely interchange between the two networks, regular ticket holders must purchase a second ticket, or a special transfer ticket, to change from a Toei line to a Tokyo Metro line and vice versa. The sole exceptions are on the segment of the Toei Mita Line between Meguro and Shirokane-Takanawa, where the platforms are shared with theTokyo Metro Namboku Line, and atKudanshita on the Shinjuku Line, where the platform is shared with theTokyo Metro Hanzomon Line. At these stations, it is possible to change between the networks without passing through a ticket gate. It is one of only two rapid transit systems operating on 3 track gauges, the other being theBarcelona Metro,Spain, using narrow, standard and broad gauge.

Apart from its own logo, a stylizedginkgo leaf used asthe symbol of the Tokyo Metropolis, Toei Subway shares a design language in common with Tokyo Metro. Lines are indicated by a letter inFutura Bold on a white background inside a roundel in the line color, with signs indicating stations adding the station number as well. Line colors and letter-designations are complementary with Tokyo Metro's, with none overlapping (e.g., the Mita Line's letter-designation is “I”, rather than “M”, which is used by theTokyo Metro Marunouchi Line). Informational signage is also designed identically, with platform-level station placards differing only in the placement of the bands in the line color: Toei Subway has two thin bands at the top and bottom, while Tokyo Metro has one wider band at the bottom (or, in the case of long, narrow placards, in a continuous band extending to the left and right along the wall itself).

The Toei Subway is made up of four lines operating on 109.0 kilometers (67.7 mi) of route.^[1]

The different gauges of the Toei lines arose in part due to the need to accommodate through services with private suburban railway lines. Through services currently in regular operation include:

Line	Through Lines
AAsakusa	KKKeikyū Kurihama Line andKKKeikyū Airport Line both via theKKKeikyū Main Line (Sengakuji toHaneda Airport Terminal 1·2 orMisakiguchi)
	KSKeisei Oshiage Line,KSKeisei Main Line,KSKeisei Narita Airport Line,HSHokusō Line,KSKeisei Higashi-Narita Line andSRShibayama Railway (Oshiage toNarita Airport Terminal 1,Imba Nihon-idai orShibayama-Chiyoda)
IMita	MG Meguro Line (Meguro toHiyoshi), thenSHTōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (Hiyoshi toShin-Yokohama), thenSōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (Shin-Yokohama toNishiya), thenSōtetsu Main Line (Nishiya toFutamata-gawa toEbina) orSōtetsu Izumino Line (Futamata-gawa toShōnandai)
SShinjuku	KOKeiō New Line andKOKeio Sagamihara Line both via theKO Keiō Line (Shinjuku toHashimoto orTakaosanguchi)

• Mita Line shares tracks of the section from Meguro toShirokane-takanawa withTokyo Metro Namboku Line, 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi).

According to the company, an average of 2.34 million people used the company's four subway routes each day in 2008. The company made a profit of ¥12.2 billion in 2009.^[3]

Note: All financial figures are in million yen.

There are a total of 99 unique stations (i.e., counting stations served by multiple lines only once) on the Toei Subway network, or 106 total stations if each station on each line counts as one station.^[1] Almost all stations are located within the 23 special wards, with many located in areas not served by the complementaryTokyo Metro network.

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