Tokyo Metro’s Journey: Asia’s First Subway, Record IPO, and Its Role in Japan’s Modern Transit System
Tokyo Metro is unique in history and changes local public transit since it is the first subway system in Asia. In 1927 Tokyo inaugurated its first 2.2-kilometer subway line to connect two crowded areas of the city, Ueno and Asakusa. Tokyo was the first Asian city to construct an underground train, following London’s lead and which had established the first …