Station employees also were shown using sign language. Characters with an animation motif were used to represent the sound of an approaching train or the opening and closing of train doors.

Under the expanded service for weekends and holidays, the outbound Cycle Train leaves Ueno Station at 7:02 a.m. and 7:53 a.m. and arrives at Tsuchiura Station at 8:06 a.m. and 9:08 a.m., respectively.

Keisei Electric Railway Company introduced facial recognition ticket gates for several trains plying routes connecting to Narita Airport.

London built the first public underground railway, but in 1927 Tokyo became the first Asian city with a subway thanks to a 2.2-kilometre (1.4-mile) track from Ueno ... routes connect to other ...