Tokyo New Year's Eve traffic information

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.

JR lines

Yamanote line, 1-5am

'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

Keihin-Tohoku and Negishi lines, 1-4am

Omiya-Sakuragicho: departures every 30 minutes
Sakuragicho-Ofuna: departures every 60-80 minutes

Saikyo line, 1-5am

Omiya-Osaki: departures every 60 minutes

Chuo line, midnight-5am

Tokyo-Takao (functions as local train between Ochanomizu and Mitaka): departures every 20-40 minutes

Ome line, 2-5am

Tachikawa-Mitake: departures every 50 minutes

Chuo-Sobu line, 1-5am

Nakano-Chiba: departures every 20-40 minutes

Sobu Main line, Narita line, 12.50-5.30am

Chiba-Narita: departures every 60 minutes

Narita line (Narita-Abiko)

Departing Abiko: 1am, 2.30am
Departing Narita: 1.43am, 3.13am

Keiyo line

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

Joban line

Departing Ayase for Abiko: 1.49am, 3.19am
Departing Abiko for Yoyogi-Uehara: 2.30am, 4.05am

Utsunomiya line, Yokosuka line (Shonan-Shinjuku line), midnight-5am

Koganei-Zushi: departures every 60 minutes
Osaki-Zushi: departures every 30 minutes

Takasaki line (Ueno-Kagohara)

Departing Ueno: 1.55am, 2.55am
Departing Kagohara: 12.01am, 1.01am

JR First Sunrise special trains

Rapid 'Joban Hatsu-hinode'

Departing Ueno 4.15am, arrival at Iwaki (Fukushima Pref.) 7.20am
This train requires a special seating ticket
Sunrise expected between Otsuko and Nakoso.

Special Rapid 'Inuboh Hatsu-hinode'

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

Special Rapid 'Sotobo Hatsu-hinode'

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 5.22am, at Chikura 6.01am
This train requires a special seating ticket

Rapid 'Izu Hatsu-hinode'

Departing Shinagawa 4.17am, arrival at Izukyu-Shimoda 7.50am
Stops for sunrise at Katase-Shirata Station
This train requires a special seating ticket

Rapid 'Atami-Jukkokutoge Hatsu-hinode'

Departing Shinjuku 3.40am, Shinagawa 4.04am, arrival at Atami 5.20am
This train requires a 'Green Car' seating ticket

Rapid 'Ito Hatsu-hinode'

Departing Shinjuku 5am, Shinagawa 5.20am, arrival at Ito 7.58am
Stops for sunrise at Nebukawa Station
This train requires a 'Green Car' seating ticket

Other railway lines

Keisei Railway

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.

Tobu Railway

Isesaki line Asakusa-Takenotsuka: departures every 60 minutes
Daishi line Nishiarai-Daishimae: departures every 10-30 minutes

Seibu Railway

Last departures on all lines are slightly later than scheduled, but there is no late-night service

Keio Railway

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)
The Mount Takao cable car at Takaosanguchi Station has late-night service

Odakyu Railway

Odawara, Enoshima, and Tama lines have late-night service (local train only)
Shinjuku - Katase-Enoshima: departures every 30-90 minutes
Sagami-Ono - Odawara: departures every 60-90 minutes
Shin-Yurigaoka - Karakida: departures every 20-60 minutes

Tokyu Railway

Toyoko and Den-en-toshi lines: last train 80 minutes later than scheduled, first train 60 minutes earlier than scheduled
Meguro line: last train 60 minutes later than scheduled, first train 60 minutes earlier than scheduled
No additional late-night service

Keikyu Railway

Keikyu Main line Sengakuji-Yokohama: departures every 30 minutes
Daishi line Kawasaki-Kojimashinden: departures every 6-10 minutes
Last departures on other lines are later than scheduled

Sagami Railway

Yokohama-Ebina: departures every 60 minutes
Futamatagawa-Shonandai: departures every 60 minutes

Enoshima Railway

Entire line between Kamakura and Fujisawa: between midnight and 5am - departures every 24 minutes; after 5am - departures every 12 minutes

Yurikamome

Shinbashi-Toyosu: after 11pm, departures every 8-12 minutes

Tokyo Monorail

No late-night service, except for 4am and 4.30am departures from Hamamatsucho for Haneda Airport

Subway lines

Tokyo Metro

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

Toei Subway

Asakusa line: departures every 20-40 minutes
Mita line: departures every 30 minutes
Shinjuku line: departures every 25-35 minutes
Oedo line: departures every 30-40 minutes