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Tokyo Rapid Railway

Logo: 東京高速鉄道株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Rail operator in Japan (1934–1941)

The Tokyo Rapid Railway (Japanese: 東京高速鉄道) was a private railway operator that built and operated the section of the present-day Tokyo Metro Ginza Line between Shimbashi Station and Shibuya Station from 1934 to 1941. Together with the Tokyo Underground Railway, which opened the line between Asakusa Station and Shimbashi Station as Japan’s first subway section, it formed one of the two principal predecessors of the modern Tokyo Subway.2 It is headquartered in Akasaka-ku.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 5, 1934Founded1
  • IndustryTRANSPORT1
  • HeadquartersAkasaka-ku1
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Photo: 高松吉太郎 / Kichitaro Takamatsu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Tokyo Rapid Railway (Japanese: 東京高速鉄道) was a private railway operator that built and operated the section of the present-day Tokyo Metro Ginza Line between Shimbashi Station and Shibuya Station from 1934 to 1941. Together with the Tokyo Underground Railway, which opened the line between Asakusa Station and Shimbashi Station as Japan’s first subway section, it formed one of the two principal predecessors of the modern Tokyo Subway.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Teito Rapid Transit Authority1

Timeline

  1. Jul 4, 1941Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Sep 5, 1934Founded Founded1

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