Posted: Mon Dec 29 2014
Most train and subway lines in the capital region add extra late-night departures to their timetables in order to accommodate the hordes of revelers descending on Tokyo on New Year's Eve. Most lines extend their service up to around 1am while otherwise running on holiday schedules. Prepare both for squeezing into massively overcrowded carriages and for waiting longer than usual for the next train – you have been warned.
'Inner circle' (counter-clockwise, from Shinjuku toward Shinagawa, from Tokyo toward Ueno): departures every 12 minutes
'Outer circle' (clockwise, from Shinjuku toward Ikebukuro, from Tokyo toward Shinagawa): departures every 10 minutes
Omiya-Sakuragicho: departures every 30 minutes
Sakuragicho-Ofuna: departures every 60-80 minutes
Omiya-Osaki: departures every 60 minutes
Tokyo-Takao (functions as local train between Ochanomizu and Mitaka): departures every 20-40 minutes
Tachikawa-Mitake: departures every 50 minutes
Nakano-Chiba: departures every 20-40 minutes
Chiba-Narita: departures every 60 minutes
Departing Abiko: 1am, 2.30am
Departing Narita: 1.43am, 3.13am
Tokyo - Kaihin-Makuhari, 1-5am: departures every 15-30 minutes
Tokyo - Nishi-Funabashi, 12.30-5am: departures every 45 minutes
Kaihin-Makuhari - Soga, 1-5am: departures every 45 minutes
Departing Ayase for Abiko: 1.49am, 3.19am
Departing Abiko for Yoyogi-Uehara: 2.30am, 4.05am
Omiya-Zushi: departures every 60 minutes
Zushi-Osaki: departures every 30 minutes
Departing Ueno: 1.55am, 2.55am
Departing Kagohara: 12.01am, 1.01am
Departing Ueno 4.15am, arrival at Iwaki (Fukushima Pref.) 7.20am
This train requires a special seating ticket
Sunrise expected between Otsuko and Nakoso.
1st departure Takao 1.33am, Shinjuku 2.15am, arrival at Choshi 4.19am
3rd departure Ryogoku 2.42am, arrival at Choshi 4.37am
5th departure Shinjuku 2.42am, arrival at Choshi 5.04am
This train requires a special seating ticket
1st departure Takao 2.11am, Shinjuku 2.54am, arrival at Awa-Kamogawa 4.59am, at Chikura 5.26am
3rd departure Ryogoku 3.24am, arrival at Awa-Kamogawa 5.34am, at Chikura 6.01am
This train requires a special seating ticket
Departing Shinagawa 4.17am, arrival at Izukyu-Shimoda 7.50am
Stops for sunrise at Katase-Shirata Station
This train requires a special seating ticket
Departing Shinjuku 3.40am, Shinagawa 4.01am, arrival at Atami 5.13am
This train requires a 'Green Car' seating ticket
Departing Shinjuku 5am, Shinagawa 5.21am, arrival at Ito 7.58am
Stops for sunrise at Nebukawa Station
This train requires a 'Green Car' seating ticket
Ueno-Narita: departures every 20-50 minutes
Takasago-Oshiage-through to Asakusa line: departures every 20-40 minutes
Takasago-Kanamachi: departures every 20-40 minutes
Note that there is no late-night service between Tsudanuma and Chiharadai, between Narita and Narita Airport, or between Narita and Shibayama-Chiyoda. There is no late night service on the Hokuso and Narita Sky Access lines.
Skytree line Asakusa-Takenotsuka: departures every 30-60 minutes
Daishi line Nishiarai-Daishimae: departures every 10-30 minutes
Last departures on all lines are slightly later than scheduled, but there is no late-night service
Shinjuku-Takaosanguchi: departures every 30-40 minutes (local trains only)
Kitano - Keio-Hachioji: departures every 30-40 minutes (local trains only)
Chofu-Hashimoto: departures every 30-40 minutes (local trains only)
Inokashira line: departures every 30-40 minutes (local trains only)
Shinjuku - Sagami-Ono: departures every 15 minutes
Sagami-Ono - Isehara: departures every 30 minutes
Isehara-Odawara: departures every 60 minutes
Sagami-Ono - Katase-Enoshima: departures every 30 minutes (every 15 minutes after 3am)
Shin-Yurigaoka - Karakida: departures every 30 minutes
Toyoko line Shibuya - Motomachi-Chukagai: departures every 30 minutes
Meguro, Den-en-toshi lines: last train 60 minutes later than scheduled, first train 60 minutes earlier than scheduled
Keikyu Main line Sengakuji-Yokohama: departures every 30 minutes
Daishi line Kawasaki-Kojimashinden: departures every 7-10 minutes
Last departures on other lines are later than scheduled
Yokohama-Ebina: departures every 60 minutes
Futamatagawa-Shonandai: departures every 60 minutes
Entire line between Kamakura and Fujisawa: between midnight and 5am - departures every 24 minutes; after 5am - departures every 12 minutes
Shinbashi-Toyosu: after 11pm, departures every 8-12 minutes
No late-night service, except for 4am and 4.30am departures from Hamamatsucho for Haneda Airport
Ginza line Ueno-Asakusa: departures every 7 minutes
Ginza line Shibuya-Ueno: departures every 15 minutes
Marunouchi, Hibiya, Tozai, Chiyoda, Yurakucho, Hanzomon, Namboku and Fukutoshin lines: departures every 30 minutes
Asakusa line: departures every 20-40 minutes
Mita line: departures every 30 minutes
Shinjuku line: departures every 30-40 minutes
Oedo line: departures every 30-40 minutes
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