Transport
Lines, stations, terminals and airports — the transport infrastructure that moves people and goods across Tokyo and the Kanto region.
Haneda Airport D Runway Ota City, Tokyo The fourth runway at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), opened 21 October 2010. Its 2,500-metre surface at the mouth of the Tama River was built on a hybrid structure: a 520,000 m² steel-jacket pier section supported by 1,165 steel-pipe piles, combined with a reclaimed-island section.
Sotetsu/JR Direct Line Yokohama The Sotetsu/JR Direct Line opened 30 November 2019, linking Nishiya on the Sotetsu Main Line to Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai via a 2.7-kilometre underground spur. The line gave Sotetsu its first direct route to central Tokyo, with trains reaching Shinjuku from Futakoikawa in around 44 minutes.
Narita Airport Terminal 3 Narita City An LCC-only terminal opened on 8 April 2015 at Narita International Airport. Designed by Nikken Sekkei with PARTY for creative direction and MUJI (Ryohin Keikaku) for interiors, the 66,000 m² four-storey building is defined by colour-coded running tracks on the floor that guide passengers to departures in blue and arrivals in red.
Ueno–Tokyo Line Ueno to Shinagawa A JR East route brand opened on 14 March 2015, linking Ueno and Tokyo stations with approximately 3.8 kilometres of new track. It restored through-services between the Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Jōban lines in the north and the Tōkaidō Line in the south — a connection severed for some 43 years.
Haneda Airport Access Line Minato City / Shinagawa City / Ota City JR East's planned railway link between Tokyo Station and Haneda Airport. The Higashi-Yamate Route reuses an existing freight branch while a new Access Line tunnel (approx. 5.0 km) extends to the airport terminals. The project targets a fiscal 2031 opening, cutting Tokyo Station–Haneda to around 18 minutes without a transfer.
Tokyu Toyoko / Minatomirai Line Through Service Shibuya / Yokohama On 1 February 2004, the Minatomirai Line (Yokohama–Motomachi-Chukagai, 4.1 km, 6 stations) opened alongside through-running service with the Tokyu Toyoko Line, making it possible to travel seamlessly from Shibuya to Yokohama's waterfront. In March 2013, Shibuya Station moved underground and through-running extended to the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
Hokuriku Shinkansen (Kanazawa–Tsuruga Extension) Ishikawa and Fukui Prefectures An approximately 125-kilometre shinkansen extension that opened on 16 March 2024, adding six stations — Komatsu, Kaga-Onsen, Awara-Onsen, Fukui, Echizen-Takefu and Tsuruga — and bringing Fukui Prefecture into Japan's high-speed rail network. Tokyo–Fukui now takes as little as 2 hours 51 minutes.
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Shibuya to Wako-shi An underground railway that opened on 14 June 2008, linking Shibuya, Shinjuku-Sanchome and Ikebukuro — Tokyo's three main secondary centres — on a 20.2-kilometre, 16-station alignment from Shibuya to Wako-shi. Through-running with Tobu, Seibu and Tokyu lines connects Saitama to Yokohama without a transfer.
Chuo Shinkansen (Linear) Tokyo to Nagoya (to Osaka) A superconducting magnetic levitation railway planned to link Shinagawa and Nagoya across 286 kilometres in as little as 40 minutes at a top speed of 505 km/h. Around 86% of the route runs underground, including the Southern Alps Tunnel at depths up to approximately 1,400 metres. After Shizuoka Prefecture approved its section in July 2026, full-line construction moved forward; the earliest opening for the Shinagawa–Nagoya segment is now 2036.
Tokaido Shinkansen Tokyo to Shin-Osaka Opened in 1964 as the world's first high-speed railway, the artery linking Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. Its fare distance is 552.6 kilometres (the actual track is about 515), it now runs at up to 285 km/h, and the fastest Nozomi covers Tokyo to Shin-Osaka in 2 hours 21 minutes. It is the origin point of high-speed rail in Japan.
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