Ginza Metro Station
| Ginza Metro Station | |
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 Entrance to Ginza station at the transition to the Sanai high-rise
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| Data | |
| Platform tracks | 6 ( Tokyo Metro ) |
| opening | March 3, 1934 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Chūō |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 40 '19 " N , 139 ° 45' 50" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Ginza Station ( Japanese 銀座 駅 , Ginza-eki ) is a subway station of the Tokyo Metro in the Ginza business district in the Chūō district of Tokyo .
Lines
Ginza is served by the following lines:
- Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-09)
- Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-16)
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-09)
All trains run from the station's six island platforms, which each serve two tracks.
use
In 2007, an average of 274,842 travelers used this station every day. This puts the station in fourth place in the list of the busiest stations on the Tokyo Metro after Ikebukuro , Kita-senju and Ōtemachi .
history
Ginza station was opened in March 1934 as part of the extension of the current Ginza line of the Tokyo subway from Asakusa station. The Marunouchi Line began operations in 1957 and the Hibiya Line in February 1963.
The platforms of the Hibiya Line, which runs in an east-west direction, are located between those of the two north-south routes, the Ginza Line and the Marunouchi Line, and were built before the Second World War as part of a planned TUR route Shinjuku .
Surroundings
Via passages in the subway area, travelers can walk to the following train stations in the vicinity:
- Ginza-itchōme Station ( Tokyo Metro : Yūrakuchō Line )
- Higashi-Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro: Hibiya Line , Toei : Asakusa Line )
- Hibiya Station (Tokyo Metro: Hibiya Line, Chiyoda Line , Toei: Mita Line )
- Yūrakuchō Station (Tokyo Metro: Yūrakuchō Line, JR East : Yamanote Line , Keihin-Tōhoku Line )
Adjacent train stations
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Lines |
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| Kyōbashi |
 Ginza Line Tōkyō Metro |
Shimbashi | ||
| Tokyo |
Marunouchi Line Tōkyō Metro |
Kasumigaseki | ||
| Hibiya |
Hibiya Line Tōkyō Metro |
Higashi-Ginza | ||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tokyo Metro Statistics (FY2007) ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
