Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway Systems stats in 08/09

Tokyo Metro
Passengers: 6.33 million / day (09)
Profit: ¥63.5 billion
Debt: ¥735 billion


Toei Subway
Passengers: 2.34 million per day (08)
Profit: ¥12.2 billion
Debt: ¥1.1 trillion

There are continuous talks to merge the two companies (Tokyo Metro and Toei Chikatetsu).  Although both companies are government owned, the enormous debts of Toei have been a major roadblock to the merger. 

(Source: Japan Times Online)
Full article: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100803i1.html

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Welcome to the Tokyo Metro Network Blog

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