Toei Subway

Template:Short description Template:Template other The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government following transfers of the licenses for each line. The subway has run at a financial loss for most of its history due to high construction expenses, particularly for the Oedo Line. However, it reported its first net profit of ¥3.13bn in FY2006. The Toei Subway is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.

Tokyo Metro and Toei trains form completely separate networks. While users of prepaid rail passes can freely interchange between the two networks, regular ticket holders must purchase a second ticket, or a special transfer ticket, to change from a Toei line to a Tokyo Metro line and vice versa. The sole exceptions are on the segment of the Toei Mita Line between Meguro and Shirokane-Takanawa, where the platforms are shared with the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and at Kudanshita on the Shinjuku Line, where the platform is shared with the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line. At these stations, it is possible to change between the networks without passing through a ticket gate.

Branding

Apart from its own logo, a stylized ginkgo leaf used as the symbol of the Tokyo Metropolis, Toei Subway shares a design language in common with Tokyo Metro. Lines are indicated by a letter in Futura Bold on a white background inside a roundel in the line color, with signs indicating stations adding the station number as well. Line colors and letter-designations are complementary with Tokyo Metro's, with none overlapping (e.g., the Mita Line's letter-designation is “I”, rather than “M”, which is used by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line). Informational signage is also designed identically, with platform-level station placards differing only in the placement of the bands in the line color: Toei Subway has two thin bands at the top and bottom, while Tokyo Metro has one wider band at the bottom (or, in the case of long, narrow placards, in a continuous band extending to the left and right along the wall itself).

Lines

The Toei Subway is made up of four lines operating on of route.

Line color	Line icon	Line numberN	Name	Japanese	Route	Stations	Length	Train Length	First Opened	Last Extension	Gauge	Current supply
style="background:#Template:Rcr;"|Rose	Template:TSLS	Line 1	Asakusa Line		Nishi-magome – Oshiage	20		8 cars	1960	1968	Template:RailGauge	1,500 V DC, overhead supply
style="background:#Template:Rcr;"|Blue	Template:TSLS	Line 6	Mita Line		Meguro – Nishi-takashimadaira	27		6 or 8 cars	1968	2000	Template:RailGauge
style="background:#Template:Rcr;"|Lime Green	Template:TSLS	Line 10	Shinjuku Line		Shinjuku – Moto-Yawata	21		8 or 10 cars	1978	1989	Template:RailGauge
style="background:#Template:Rcr;"|Magenta	Template:TSLS	Line 12	Ōedo Line		Hikarigaoka – Tochōmae via Tochōmae, Roppongi and Ryōgoku	38		8 cars	1991	2002	Template:RailGauge
Total						106

Two of the lines have different colors for their station signs: Asakusa (Vermilion Template:TSLS2) and Shinjuku (Lime Template:TSLS2). The Ōedo Line formerly had a darker magenta (O) as its designated color.

Through services to other lines

The different gauges of the Toei lines arose in part due to the need to accommodate through services with private suburban railway lines. Through services currently in regular operation include:

Line	Through Lines
Template:TSLS Asakusa	Template:KQLS Keikyū Kurihama Line and Template:KQLS Keikyū Airport Line both via the Template:KQLS Keikyū Main Line (Sengakuji to Template:STN or Misakiguchi)
	Template:KSLS Keisei Oshiage Line, Template:KSLS Keisei Main Line, Template:KSLS Keisei Narita Airport Line, Template:KSLS Hokusō Line, Template:KSLS Keisei Higashi-Narita Line and Template:KSLS Shibayama Railway (Oshiage to Template:STN, Imba Nihon-idai or Shibayama-Chiyoda)
Template:TSLS Mita	Template:TQLS Meguro Line (Meguro to Hiyoshi), then Template:TQLS Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (Hiyoshi to Template:STN), then File:Sotetsu line symbol.svg Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (Shin-Yokohama to Template:STN), then File:Sotetsu line symbol.svg Sōtetsu Main Line (Nishiya to Template:STN to Template:STN) or File:Sotetsu line symbol.svg Sōtetsu Izumino Line (Futamata-gawa to Template:STN)
Template:TSLS Shinjuku	Template:KOLS Keiō New Line and Template:KOLS Keio Sagamihara Line both via the Template:KOLS Keiō Line (Shinjuku to Hashimoto or Takaosanguchi)

• Mita Line shares tracks of the section from Meguro to Shirokane-takanawa with Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, .

According to the company, an average of 2.34 million people used the company's four subway routes each day in 2008. The company made a profit of ¥12.2 billion in 2009.

Revenue and ridership

FY2023 Toei Subway Line Revenue and Ridership

Line	Revenue	Expenditure	Profit/Loss	Revenue per day	Passengers per day	Operating Ratio
Template:TSLS Asakusa	32,777	24,111	8,666	80.996	683,003	74
Template:TSLS Mita	33,256	26,954	6,302	77.935	606,811	81
Template:TSLS Shinjuku	37,770	31,521	6,249	93.375	704,235	83
Template:TSLS Ōedo	53,294	56,498	-3,203	102.764	836,179	106

Note: All financial figures are in million yen.

Stations

There are a total of 99 unique stations (i.e., counting stations served by multiple lines only once) on the Toei Subway network, or 106 total stations if each station on each line counts as one station. Almost all stations are located within the 23 special wards, with many located in areas not served by the complementary Tokyo Metro network.