Tokyo Subway Museum

The Tokyo Subway Museum captures the atmosphere of Japan's first subway, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2027. And although the Tokyo metro is not one of the oldest in the world, here you can see a lot of interesting things and take photographs as a souvenir. The collection includes 3 subway cars. The museum was opened in 1986, it is especially interesting for those who do not have a metro in the city.

Brief description

The Tokyo Subway Museum building is located in Edogawa Ward, 100 meters from Kasai Station. It is impossible not to notice it, because at the entrance there is a noticeable wind generator, which should fully supply the museum premises and underground bicycle parking with electricity. Entrance is through automatic ticket gates. To enter the premises, it is enough to lower the card into the turnstile connector, which is an exact copy in the real subway. Then you need to show the ticket to the controller.

At the Tokyo Subway Museum, the Ueno subway station has been recreated with complete authenticity ─ in the same form as it looked in 1927, the year the Tokyo subway opened. The large selection of museum exhibits is impressive. A grandiose cross-sectional model of an underground tunnel, screens showing the movement of trains, metro maps of past years, rare photographs, archival documents, posters calling for correct behavior - all this will allow you to learn a lot of new things, forgetting about fatigue and boredom.

Main exhibitions of the Tokyo Subway Museum:

• Construction and installation of tunnels.
• Line safety, including flood control systems and the operation of a disaster prevention center.
• Motion control and energy management technologies. The electrical collection system, pantograph, third rail, as well as working samples of electric motors and bogie brakes are demonstrated.
• History of the metro. You can try out real simulators that were previously used to train employees.
• Passenger service
• Train design. There are three carriages on display, including the type 1000 that made up the first trains. Visitors can go inside to try out different controls, including the engine, brakes and pantograph.
• Metro in Japan and around the world.
• Children's play area.

The toy train layout invariably attracts a huge number of kids. And although children at the Tokyo Subway Museum don't get to touch the colorful exhibits protected by a glass dome, they get plenty of experiences for years to come. There are few places where a child can see such a detailed and visual metro network. Adult visitors won't be disappointed either. Any visitor can use the dispatcher or driver training simulator to test their abilities and reaction speed. For those who are especially curious, the museum has a lecture hall, a library, and a cozy living room, where you can learn even more information about the history of the Tokyo metro. For those who are hungry, a cozy cafe is open at the Tokyo Subway Museum.