Roppongi Metro Station
| Roppongi ( 六 本 木 ) | |
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 Entrance No. 7
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| Location in the network | Crossing station |
| Platform tracks | 2 ( Tōkyō Metro ) 2 ( Toei ) |
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| opening | May 25, 1964 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Minato |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 39 '46 " N , 139 ° 43' 53" E |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Roppongi Subway Station ( Jap. 六本木駅 , Roppongi-eki ) is an underground subway station in the Japanese capital Tokyo . It is located in the Roppongi district in the Minato district and is the intersection of two lines of the Tōkyō Metro and Toei subway companies .
investment
In the Roppongi subway station, two lines cross on different levels. The Hibiya Line , operated by Tōkyō Metro, runs from northwest to south, and the Toei Subway's Toedo Line runs from west to east . Both lines have two tracks on side platforms and their own distribution levels , which are linked by connecting tunnels. The platforms of the Ōedo line are 42.3 meters below the earth's surface, making them the deepest of all Japanese subways.
In the 2018 fiscal year, an average of 242,743 passengers used the subway station every day. Of these, 138,950 were on Tōkyō Metro and 103,793 on Toei.
Several bus stops near the subway station are served by seven lines operated by Toei Bus , Chibus and Nishi Tokyo Bus . Major attractions in the area include the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower and Tokyo Midtown skyscrapers , TV Asahi Broadcasting Center , Mori Art Museum and the National Art Center .
history
On March 25, 1964, the Teito Kōsokudo Kōtsū Eidan ( Eidan for short, known since the privatization in 2004 as Tōkyō Metro ) a six-kilometer section of the Hibiya line from Kasumigaseki to Ebisu . In 1994, Eidan began expanding the underground station, which included new entrances and wider platforms. After seven years, construction work was completed in March 2001 and the cost of the project was 3.97 billion yen . Three months earlier, the Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office (Toei) opened on December 12, 2000 a 25.4 km long section of the Ōedo Line from Kokuritsu-kyōgijō-mae to Tochōmae . This made Roppongi a transfer station.
Adjacent train stations
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| Kamiyacho |
 Hibiya Line Tōkyō Metro |
Hiroo | ||
| Azabu-jūban |
 Toei line Toedo |
Aoyama-itchome | ||
Web links
- Station information from Tōkyō Metro (English)
- Railway Station Information from Toei (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ New subway line to open in Tokyo on June 14. Japan Today, June 6, 2008, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ 各 駅 の 乗 降 人員 ラ ン キ ン グ. Tōkyō Metro, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ 各 駅 乗 降 人員 一 覧. Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office , 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b Tokyo. urbanrail.net, 2019, accessed on November 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Tōkyō Metro (Ed.): 帝都 高速度 交通 営 団 史 . Tokyo December 2004, p. 235 .