Tokyo subway map

All thirteen lines and 216 stations on one map. Tap to enlarge, or download the PDF for your phone before you lose the signal underground.

Map of the Tokyo subway with the nine Tokyo Metro lines and the four Toei lines
Tap to enlarge. Subway map: adapted from “Tokyo Subway Linemap en” by Yveltal (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) by tokyosubway.org — the four Toei line colours, changed to the values the operators publish as open data. This adaptation is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 as well. It is not the operators’ official map.

The map as a PDF

Tokyo subway map · PDF

A vector PDF: it stays sharp however far you zoom in. Save it to your phone — there is no mobile signal in parts of the tunnels.

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Subway map: adapted from “Tokyo Subway Linemap en” by Yveltal (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) by tokyosubway.org — the four Toei line colours, changed to the values the operators publish as open data. This adaptation is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 as well. It is not the operators’ official map.

How to read the map

Each line has its colour and its letter, and they are the same on the map, on the station signs and on this site. A station’s letter-and-number code tells you both the line and how far along it you are: G09 is the ninth station of the Ginza Line counting from Shibuya. Where two lines meet, the station carries both codes.

What the map does not show is which company runs which line, and that is what decides your fare. The four Toei lines are Asakusa (A), Mita (I), Shinjuku (S) and Oedo (E); the other nine are Tokyo Metro. The table below is the quickest way to check before you buy a ticket.

The map is a diagram, not a street plan: the distances on it are not to scale, and two stations that look adjacent can be a long walk apart.

LineOperatorStationsRoute
GGinza LineTokyo Metro19Shibuya ↔ Asakusa
MMarunouchi LineTokyo Metro28Ogikubo ↔ Ikebukuro
HHibiya LineTokyo Metro22Naka-meguro ↔ Kita-senju
TTozai LineTokyo Metro23Nakano ↔ Nishi-funabashi
CChiyoda LineTokyo Metro20Yoyogi-uehara ↔ Ayase
YYurakucho LineTokyo Metro24Wakoshi ↔ Shin-kiba
ZHanzomon LineTokyo Metro14Shibuya ↔ Oshiage (Skytree)
NNamboku LineTokyo Metro19Meguro ↔ Akabane-iwabuchi
FFukutoshin LineTokyo Metro16Wakoshi ↔ Shibuya
AAsakusa LineToei Subway20Nishi-magome ↔ Oshiage (Skytree)
IMita LineToei Subway27Meguro ↔ Nishi-takashimadaira
SShinjuku LineToei Subway21Shinjuku ↔ Motoyawata
EOedo LineToei Subway38Tochomae ↔ Hikarigaoka

Transfers the map draws as two stations

In 17 places the operators treat two differently named stations as one transfer: you walk between them, usually through a passage, and the journey counts as one. They are easy to miss on a map that gives them separate names and separate dots.

StationTransfer toDistance between platformsOn foot (estimated)
Akasaka-mitsukeNagatacho220 mabout 4 min
AkihabaraIwamotocho260 mabout 4 min
AwajichoOgawamachi90 mabout 2 min
AwajichoShin-ochanomizu290 mabout 5 min
Bakuro-yokoyamaHigashi-nihombashi170 mabout 3 min
GinzaGinza-itchome300 mabout 5 min
HibiyaYurakucho190 mabout 3 min
KasugaKorakuen60 mabout 2 min
Kokkai-gijidomaeTameike-sanno180 mabout 3 min
Naka-okachimachiUeno-hirokoji310 mabout 5 min
Naka-okachimachiUeno-okachimachi290 mabout 5 min
NingyochoSuitengumae440 mabout 7 min
OgawamachiShin-ochanomizu230 mabout 4 min
ShinjukuShinjuku-nishiguchi160 mabout 3 min
ShintomichoTsukiji310 mabout 5 min
ToranomonToranomon-hills380 mabout 6 min
Ueno-hirokojiUeno-okachimachi40 mabout 2 min

Distances are straight-line between the platform coordinates the operators publish. The walking time is our estimate from that distance — no operator publishes transfer walking times, and the real walk through a concourse is longer than the straight line.

What is out of date on this map

The free map is from 2020 and we have corrected only what can be corrected cleanly: all the lettering in the file is vector outlines rather than text, so changing a word means redrawing it. Rather than patch it badly, here is what to ignore on the image itself — everything on the rest of this site is current:

  • the “Nakameguro” spelling (the operators write Naka-meguro)
  • the legend wording (“Toei Line”)
  • the “June 2020” date stamp
  • the grey “Thru to …” labels, which predate the 2023 Sotetsu/Tokyu link

The lines, the stations and their order are right: we checked all 216 stations against the operators’ own data, including Toranomon Hills, and the two extensions under construction are correctly absent.

Frequently asked questions

No. Tokyo Metro’s and Toei’s own maps are copyrighted and cannot be republished. This one was drawn by a contributor to Wikimedia Commons under a free licence and shows the same thirteen lines and the same stations. The official maps are on the operators’ sites and in every station.
Yes, under CC BY-SA 4.0: credit the author as in the caption and share any changes under the same licence.
Only as thin grey lines without stations. JR, Keio, Odakyu, Tobu, Seibu, Tokyu, Keisei and Keikyu are separate railways with separate fares; several of them are where subway trains carry on to when they leave the network. The airport page explains the ones a visitor actually needs.