Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 4 (pp.16–17)

Feature: Railways and Large Cities
Reference
Growth of Tokyo Railway & Population


Map: Centralised Tokyo population with early railway development. Most movement in the city was still on foot.
Map: Westward expansion of Tokyo and railway after Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
Map: Suburbanisation spreading along railways
Map: Early post-war development of Tokyo
Map: Urban sprawl following high economic growth period
Map: Densely-populated Tokyo today
Map: Growth of Tokyo Subway Network (Teito Rapid Transit Authority)

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