Higashi-ginza Station

Higashi-ginza Station (東銀座駅, Higashi-ginza-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, and on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. The Hibiya Line station is subtitled "Kabukiza-mae". The station is located in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Its numbers are A-11 and H-10.

A11 H10
Higashi-ginza Station

東銀座駅
A1 exit, 2018
Location4-10-10-saki (Asakusa Line)
4-12-15-saki (Hibiya Line) Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by Tokyo Metro
Toei
Line(s)H Hibiya Line
A Asakusa Line
Other information
Station codeA-11, H-10
History
Opened1963
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station
H09
toward Naka-meguro
Hibiya Line
H11
toward Kita-Senju
Toei Subway
A10
toward Nishi-magome
Asakusa Line
Takaracho
A12
toward Oshiage

Station layout

Higashi-ginza station consists of two stations perpendicular to each other: the Toei and Tokyo Metro stations.

Toei station

Running underneath Shōwa Street (昭和通り, Shōwa-dori) Higashi-ginza's Asakusa Line station has two platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is for passengers bound for Sengakuji and Nishi-Magome Stations. Platform 2 is for those traveling in the opposite direction, toward Nihombashi and Oshiage Stations.

1 A Toei Asakusa Line for Sengakuji and Nishi-magome
KK Keikyu Main Line for Shinagawa, Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Terminal) and Misakiguchi
2 A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi and Oshiage
KS Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Funabashi and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1)
HS Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai
KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport
SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda

Tokyo Metro station

The Tokyo Metro component of Higashi-ginza station runs below Harumi Street (晴海通り, Harumi-dori). On the Hibiya line, an island station serves the two tracks. Platform 3 is for Ginza and Naka-Meguro Stations, and trains depart Platform 4 for Ueno, Kita-Senju, and Minami-Kurihashi on the Tobu Skytree Line and Tōbu Nikkō Line.

3 H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro
4 H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno, Kita-Senju
TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi
Station ticket gates and ticket machines, 2018.

History

Higashi-ginza Station opened on February 28, 1963, as a station on Toei Line 1. In 1978, the line was renamed the Asakusa Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2007, the Tokyo Metro station was used by a total of 55.067 million passengers annually.[1]

Surrounding area

The station serves the eastern part of the Ginza. In the area are the Kabuki-za, the Shinbashi Enbujō (a theater owned by Shochiku), the Tōgeki (a Shochiku cinema), the Electric Power Development Company, and the Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza Hotel.

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