I can really appreciate how challenging it must be to do all the comprehensive research that you do for these videos if Japanese is not your native language!
Thanks brmnyc. It can be a challenge sometimes. But it's part of the fun decoding these mysteries into English. Google translate is a great tool also. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Yolande. I do enjoy Japanese trains. I'm working on the history if the Marunouchi Line at the moment, but it's taking a while and will likely be out in late January. Thanks for watching 👍
Another very cool and informative video. They planned 5 lines and now have 13 lines built of which 10 allow through running(One of the biggest innovation of the Tokyo metro. Through running with suburban commuter lines is big enabler of convenient travel within Tokyo. Unfortunately only Seoul have emulated the practice on lines 1 & 4.
Thanks for this information. Yes, plan for 5 and end up with 13. When you mean through running do you mean like the Fukutoshin Line and Toyoko lines connected at Shibuya?
@@JapaneseHistory Yeah. Just like the Asakusa line connects the Keikyu networks to the south and Keisei networks to the north, The Hanzomon line connects the Tokyu Den-en-toshi and the Tobu Skytree lines. Wikipedia has a list of the metro lines and their associated through running suburban lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway#Reciprocal_operation
Thanks. I really enjoyed researching and animating this one. It was my first real line animation using After Effects. I hope to make one the same on Osaka this year.
Great video Once again Mike! Love seeing how the network could have evolved. Didn’t know what would have become the Marunochi Line was considered to serve Tsukiji, which the Hibiya Line serves
Thanks businessbuilding1. Yeah the original Marunouchi Line plan was too expensive to go far east as Tsukiji so to same on costs they stayed on the west side of the Yamanote Line. The ground around Kanda Station had problems also.
Line 1 best resembled the Ginza line in 1925. From Asakusa to Shimbashi was the first half. It was then joined with line 3 from Shibuya to Shimbashi. Line 1 and 3 became known as the Ginza line in the 1950s after Marunouchi Line construction started.
I would say they are about the same. I think Tokyo has done very well to cater for English speakers also , so taking that into consideration I would say they are about the same.
Coming From Hellbourne I find it mind boggling that they were able to set up something so complicated 95 years ago. We still run trams on the streets over there.
Yes, it's amazing that they were able to build all these lines and more. Where I'm from in Sydney trams are making a come back. However they are more like trains on the road, about 100 metres long and go quite slow. Tokyo has only one tram line left in the north around the Otsuka and Sugamo area. I think they kept if for historical purposes. It mostly runs on dedicated track also.
@@JapaneseHistory in Syd CBD it is light rail. in Melb it's a mix of both. Yes, I know that lovely nostalgic tram in tokyo, though never took it yet. I currently reside in Taipei, where colonial Japan can still be felt in many places, specifically in Taiwan's sophisticated rail system. TRA is just like JR. including gates, electric boards and other station accessories. and ofcourse the HSR. As Taiwan is the only country in the world that actually purchased shinkansen trains and technology.
Wow, you have certainty been around, qweqweqwe112233. I didn't know that Taiwan was the only country to purchase Shinkansen technology. I would have through lots more countries would have purchased it. But now that I think of if it must be quite a competitive market with France, Germany, Spain, Japan and more recently China all in the market with their own technology.
@@JapaneseHistory Yes. If you ever wondered what is the Shinkansen 700 series you see with bright orange color to it. It's the line that crosses Taiwan North to South.
@@JapaneseHistory Yeah competition in HSR tech is tough. India might end up being the Shinkansen's biggest export market with the under construction 508 Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR. The 385km Texas Central Railway is also planning on using N700s trainsets. It's sad those trainsets are not more popular outside Japan. I prefer them to any of the Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, Talgo or CRRC offerings.
I can really appreciate how challenging it must be to do all the comprehensive research that you do for these videos if Japanese is not your native language!
Thanks brmnyc. It can be a challenge sometimes. But it's part of the fun decoding these mysteries into English. Google translate is a great tool also. Thanks for watching.
Hi Mike, you are at your best when you do these on trains (although I do enjoy watching the other videos too). As other said, great job!
Thanks Yolande. I do enjoy Japanese trains. I'm working on the history if the Marunouchi Line at the moment, but it's taking a while and will likely be out in late January.
Thanks for watching 👍
Another very cool and informative video. They planned 5 lines and now have 13 lines built of which 10 allow through running(One of the biggest innovation of the Tokyo metro.
Through running with suburban commuter lines is big enabler of convenient travel within Tokyo. Unfortunately only Seoul have emulated the practice on lines 1 & 4.
Thanks for this information. Yes, plan for 5 and end up with 13.
When you mean through running do you mean like the Fukutoshin Line and Toyoko lines connected at Shibuya?
@@JapaneseHistory Yeah. Just like the Asakusa line connects the Keikyu networks to the south and Keisei networks to the north, The Hanzomon line connects the Tokyu Den-en-toshi and the Tobu Skytree lines. Wikipedia has a list of the metro lines and their associated through running suburban lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway#Reciprocal_operation
Great video, very much enjoyed learning about the origins of the Tokyo subway. Keep it up!
Thank you. Glad you you enjoyed it. More coming soon.
Very informative and I like the animated presentation.
Thanks. I really enjoyed researching and animating this one. It was my first real line animation using After Effects. I hope to make one the same on Osaka this year.
Nice to see a new video!
No problem, I try to get a new one out ever 2 weeks or so.
Another fantastic video btw. Very educating. Thanks for the effort and share!
Thank you Sir.👍
Great video Once again Mike! Love seeing how the network could have evolved. Didn’t know what would have become the Marunochi Line was considered to serve Tsukiji, which the Hibiya Line serves
Thanks businessbuilding1. Yeah the original Marunouchi Line plan was too expensive to go far east as Tsukiji so to same on costs they stayed on the west side of the Yamanote Line. The ground around Kanda Station had problems also.
Maybe you living in Tokyo?? Great channel!
Thank you. No I don't live i Tokyo but I go there yearly.
Line one was Toei Asakusa Line, not Ginza Line
Line 1 best resembled the Ginza line in 1925. From Asakusa to Shimbashi was the first half. It was then joined with line 3 from Shibuya to Shimbashi. Line 1 and 3 became known as the Ginza line in the 1950s after Marunouchi Line construction started.
Is the Tokyo subway system not as confusing as other metro systems including London Underground.
I would say they are about the same. I think Tokyo has done very well to cater for English speakers also , so taking that into consideration I would say they are about the same.
@@JapaneseHistory Interesting
Coming From Hellbourne I find it mind boggling that they were able to set up something so complicated 95 years ago.
We still run trams on the streets over there.
Yes, it's amazing that they were able to build all these lines and more. Where I'm from in Sydney trams are making a come back. However they are more like trains on the road, about 100 metres long and go quite slow.
Tokyo has only one tram line left in the north around the Otsuka and Sugamo area. I think they kept if for historical purposes. It mostly runs on dedicated track also.
@@JapaneseHistory in Syd CBD it is light rail.
in Melb it's a mix of both.
Yes, I know that lovely nostalgic tram in tokyo, though never took it yet.
I currently reside in Taipei, where colonial Japan can still be felt in many places, specifically in Taiwan's sophisticated rail system.
TRA is just like JR. including gates, electric boards and other station accessories.
and ofcourse the HSR.
As Taiwan is the only country in the world that actually purchased shinkansen trains and technology.
Wow, you have certainty been around, qweqweqwe112233. I didn't know that Taiwan was the only country to purchase Shinkansen technology. I would have through lots more countries would have purchased it. But now that I think of if it must be quite a competitive market with France, Germany, Spain, Japan and more recently China all in the market with their own technology.
@@JapaneseHistory Yes. If you ever wondered what is the Shinkansen 700 series you see with bright orange color to it.
It's the line that crosses Taiwan North to South.
@@JapaneseHistory Yeah competition in HSR tech is tough. India might end up being the Shinkansen's biggest export market with the under construction 508 Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR. The 385km Texas Central Railway is also planning on using N700s trainsets.
It's sad those trainsets are not more popular outside Japan. I prefer them to any of the Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, Talgo or CRRC offerings.