Tokyo Toden

Tokyo Toden
Toden cars crossing
Toden cars crossing
Overview
Transit typeTram
Number of lines1
Line numberArakawa Line
Number of stations30
Daily ridership47,504 (2018)
Websitewww.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp
Operation
Began operation1903 (1903)
Operator(s)Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Number of vehicles
Technical
System length12.2 km (7.6 mi)
Track gauge1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Electrification600 DC (Overhead line)
Top speed40 km/h (25 mph)

The Tokyo Toden (東京都電, Tōkyō Toden) or simply Toden, is the tram network of Tokyo, Japan. Of all its former routes, only one, the Tokyo Sakura Tram, remains in service. The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation operates the Toden. The formal legal name is Tokyo-to Densha. Its nickname, "Toden," distinguished it from the "Kokuden" (the Japanese National Railways electrified lines).

The network had a track gauge of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in), except for the former Seibu Railway lines which were 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).