Yurakucho Line

Overview

The Yurakucho Line (Y) links Wakoshi and Shin-kiba over about 28.3 km and 24 stations. Its low-key gold-bronze trains run through-service with two private railways, the Tobu Tojo Line and the Seibu Yurakucho Line.

Along the route

The line passes Ikebukuro, Iidabashi, and Ginza-itchome on its way out toward the waterfront sub-center at Toyosu and Shin-kiba — a key link between inland residential areas and the redeveloped bayside district, made busier still by the Toyosu Market relocation.

Why play it

A wide spread of station-name lengths and cross-operator through-running give it a distinct "border-crossing" feel — a great line for experiencing seamless private-rail/subway transfers.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 有楽町線 — all 24 stops of it.

Operator
Tokyo Metro
Line symbol
Y
Stations
24
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
和光市 — 新木場

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 254 keystrokes, an average of 10.6 per station. The longest name is 地下鉄成増 (chikatetsu-narimasu) at 18 keystrokes; the shortest is 豊洲 (toyosu) at 6. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 1 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 5 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 1 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

15 of the 24 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Marked with a star: 池袋 — the major interchanges, which the maps always label and the game marks with a heavier arrival stamp.

Every station on the line

All 24 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1Y01和光市わこうしwakoshi
2Y02地下鉄成増ちかてつなりますchikatetsu-narimasu
3Y03地下鉄赤塚ちかてつあかつかchikatetsu-akatsuka
4Y04平和台へいわだいheiwadai
5Y05氷川台ひかわだいhikawadai
6Y06小竹向原こたけむかいはらkotake-mukaihara
7Y07千川せんかわsenkawa
8Y08要町かなめちょうkanamecho
9Y09池袋いけぶくろikebukuro
10Y10東池袋ひがしいけぶくろhigashi-ikebukuro
11Y11護国寺ごこくじgokokuji
12Y12江戸川橋えどがわばしedogawabashi
13Y13飯田橋いいだばしiidabashi
14Y14市ケ谷いちがやichigaya
15Y15麴町こうじまちkojimachi
16Y16永田町ながたちょうnagatacho
17Y17桜田門さくらだもんsakuradamon
18Y18有楽町ゆうらくちょうyurakucho
19Y19銀座一丁目ぎんざいっちょうめginza-itchome
20Y20新富町しんとみちょうshintomicho
21Y21月島つきしまtsukishima
22Y22豊洲とよすtoyosu
23Y23辰巳たつみtatsumi
24Y24新木場しんきばshin-kiba