This paper introduces the construction of subway in Japanese cities, the different types and their technical features of urban rail transit, like urban railway, subway, linear-motor subway, mono-rail system, AGT system, LRT system and maglev system, etc.

• 介绍了日本各城市地铁建设的状况，论述了城市铁路、地铁、线性电机地铁，单轨轨道系统、自动导向系统、轻轨交通系统以及磁悬浮系统等不同类型的城市轨道交通各自的特点与功能，并对日本城市轨道交通的发展和技术开发进行了探讨。