The Tokyo Metro Museum is a railway museum located in Edogawa Ward in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is owned by the Metro Cultural Foundation, a non-profit organization of the

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

. It is located a short 100 meters from

Kasai Station is a railway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Kasai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and is numbered T-17. Station layout The station cons ...

. Visitors enter the museum through a subway ticket gate, leading to a section of Tokyo’s first underground line between Ueno and Asakusa that opened in 1927 (now a part of the Ginza Line).

Collection

The museum displays some examples of the rolling stock used in the Tokyo metro system, including a car from an Eidan 300 train that ran on the

Marunouchi line The is a Rapid transit, subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami, Tokyo, Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo, Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sa ...

and a car from an Eidan 1000 train from the

Ginza line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927. The line ...

. The museum includes seven main exhibit spaces, explaining the history and construction of the Metro system, passenger services in the system, Metro system safety and descriptions of subways found around the world. Driving simulators are also available for visitors to try.

Collection details

Upon entry through a subway automatic ticket gate, visitors are presented with an exhibit on the relationship between the city and the subway over the years and reconstruction of the Ueno station (first subway station on the line), as it appeared in 1927. Next are more technical exhibits, focusing on the construction of the subway tunnels and safety of the lines, with details about the anti-flood system and an explanation on the traffic-control and power control centres and the workings of the disaster prevention centre. The next section of the museum displays a Series 100 subway car, allowing visitors enter the cab and use various car controls including the motors, the brakes and the pantograph. Scale examples show the electrical collection system used by the subway including the pantograph and the third rail, along with working examples of electric motors and bogie brakes. The next section of the museum contains actual simulators once used to train system employees, one of three simulators visitors can try under supervision of museum staff. Finally, the museum has a lecture hall, a lounge and a library with a collection of subway-related works.

References

{{Authority control Museums in Tokyo Railway museums in Japan Buildings and structures in Edogawa, Tokyo Museums established in 1986 1986 establishments in Japan Tokyo Metro