Ginza line
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| Route length: | 14.3 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 600 = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ginza Line ( Japanese 銀座 線 , Ginza-sen ) is an underground line of the Tōkyō Metro . The color of the Ginza line on the route maps is orange 
and the line has the number 3. Its stations are marked with the letter “G” followed by a number. The 14.3 km long route runs through the districts of Shibuya , Minato , Chūō , Chiyoda and Taitō .
It is the oldest subway line in Asia . The section between Ueno and Asakusa was completed on December 30, 1927. The line reached Shibuya in 1939; however, the section west of Aoyama-itchôme was operated by another company until 1939. As the oldest route, the Ginza Line is also the closest to the surface, on average no more than one and a half stories deep. The western section of the line runs above ground and ends on the second floor of Shibuya Station .
The Ginza line as well as the Marunouchi line (as well as the Ōedo line ) run on standard gauge (1435 mm) while all other Tokyo metro lines use narrow gauge (1067 mm, or 1372 mm on the Toei Shinjuku line ).
There are two disused stations on the Ginza Line : Manseibashi station was closed in 1931 and replaced by today's Kanda station. In 1972 the Jingumae station was replaced by the new Omotesandō station. In this way, a common station was created for the Ginza and Chiyoda lines . The abandoned platforms at Jingumae Station are still there.
vehicles
Like the Marunouchi line, the Ginza line uses the shortest trains in the metro network with only six cars. Together with the rather small train stations and platforms, this makes the line very unpopular with commuters.
The 1000 series trains come from the Japanese manufacturer Nippon Sharyō Seizō and were delivered between 2011 and 2015. In 2016, Toshiba's 1000 series trains were equipped with lithium-ion batteries, which allows them to get to the next station independently in the event of a power failure. In addition, the trains can be moved in the depot without a power rail.
Train stations
- G-01 Shibuya ( Hanzomon Line and Fukutoshin Line of the Tōkyō Metro , Keiō Inokashira Line , JR - Saikyō Line , JR- Shōnan-Shinjuku Line , Tōkyū Den'entoshi Line , Tōkyū Tōyoko Line , JR- Yamanote Line )
- G-02 Omotesandō ( Chiyoda Line and Hanzomon Line of the Tōkyō Metro)
- G-03 Gaien-mae
- G-04 Aoyama-itchōme ( Hanzomon Line of the Tōkyō Metro , Toei - Ōedo Line )
- G-05 Akasaka-Mitsuke ( Marunouchi Line )
- G-06 Tameike-Sannō ( Namboku line of the Tōkyō Metro)
- G-07 Toranomon
- G-08 Shimbashi (JR Keihin Tōhoku Line , JR Tōkaidō Main Line , Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line , Toei- Asakusa Line , Yurikamome )
- G-09 Ginza ( Hibiya Line and Marunouchi Line of the Tōkyō Metro)
- G-10 Kyōbashi
- G-11 Nihombashi ( Tōzai Line of the Tōkyō Metro, Toei-Asakusa Line)
- G-12 Mitsukoshimae (Hanzomon line of the)
- G-13 Kanda (JR Chūō Main Line , Keihin Tōhoku Line, Yamanote Line)
- G-14 Suehirocho
- E -15 Ueno-hirokōji
- G-16 Ueno (Hibiya Line of the Tōkyō Metro, JR- Jōetsu-Shinkansen , Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Joban Line , Nagano-Shinkansen , Takasaki Line , Tōhoku-Shinkansen , Tōhoku-Main Line , Yamanote Line)
- G-17 Inarichō
- G-18 Tawaramachi
- G-19 Asakusa (Toei Asakusa Line, Tobu Isesaki Line )
Web links
- Info "Tokyo Metro" Ginza Line ( Memento from February 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (eng.)