Esinye sezikhululo zeMetro ezaziwa kakhulu eTokyo safuduselwa ngolwesiHlanu senziwa iqonga elitsha kraca, ukulungiselela iiOlimpiki zaseTokyo zango-2020.

Isikhululo seShibuya, esidume ngokuba yindawo yokungena kwi-Shibuya Crossing egcwele abantu, yahanjiswa malunga neenyawo ezingama-425 ukuya kwisikhululo esitsha, ngoku ka Iindaba zeKyodo . Uhlaziyo lweShibuya luqhayisa ngophahla olumiweyo lwe-M kwaye ineqonga lokulinda eliphindwe kabini kunelo langaphambili.

Isikhululo esidala sasinemiceli mngeni, kubandakanya amasango amancinci okungena kunye namaqonga, utshilo uMongameli waseTokyo Metro u-Akiyoshi Yamamura kumsitho wokuvula ngoLwesihlanu. Siyathemba ukuba entsha iya kuthandwa njengesikhululo esikhuselekileyo nesilungeleyo.

Abahambi abaya eTokyo baya kuba nakho ukuthatha i-metro ukuya kwisikhululo seShibuya kwaye baphalaze kwindlela eyaziwayo yokuwela. Ngelixa isikhululo se-metro sisenokuba sihambile, iShibuya ibonelela ngoqhagamshelo ngaphezulu kakhulu kwe-metro kubandakanya imizila kaloliwe ye-JR East, Keio Electric Railway kunye neTokyu Electric Railway.

Ukwakhiwa kwesikhululo se-metro kwaqala ngo-2009. Phambi kokuvula, umzila we-Ginza waseTokyo wavalwa iintsuku ezintandathu. Isigaba sokugqibela sokwakha siza kubona ukongezwa kweekhetshi kunye namasango okhuseleko kumaqonga aphambi kweeOlimpiki kweli hlobo.

Yonke inkqubo yezothutho yaseTokyo ibone utshintsho kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ngaphambi kwemidlalo ebhengezwe kakhulu eza kuqala ngoJulayi. Amagosa aqale ukufaka iikhowudi kwimibala yoololiwe base-East Japan Railway Co kwilinge ukwenza ukuhamba ngokulula kubakhenkethi. Ilizwe likhuphe irhafu yezokhenketho. Undwendwe ngalunye lwamanye amazwe luya kuthi bhatala imali eyi- $ 9 njengoko beshiya iJapan .

I-Japan inethemba lokusebenzisa umkhuhlane we-Olimpiki kukhuthazo lokhenketho kwilizwe liphela. Kutshanje, I-Japan Airlines ibhengeze ukuba unikezela ngama-50 000 amatikiti asimahla ajikelezayo kubakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya ukuba bavelise uchulumanco olungaphaya kwelizwe nakwinkunzi mali ngaphambi kweMinyhadala yokuvula.