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地下鉄50年 << 1977年(昭和52年) 12月6日 >> 2-4-368

50th Anniv. of Subway System
Issued on December 6, 1977 (Showa 52)

50th Anniv. of Subway System Issued on December 6, 1977 (Showa 52) The Japanese subway was first opened in December 1927 (Showa 2) between Asakusa Station and Ueno Station on the current Ginza Line. After World War II, in addition to Osaka City, the construction and expansion of public subways has progressed as an alternative means of transportation in ordinance-designated cities where public trams were running, starting with the Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line, which opened in 1957. is.
The stamp was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its opening, and the subway at the time of its founding and the subway at the time of 1977 are designed.