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
Location	4-10-10-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 code	A-11, H-10
History
Opened	1963
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Ginza H09 toward Naka-meguro Hibiya Line Tsukiji H11 toward Kita-Senju Toei Subway Shimbashi 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

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  Toei platforms, 2017

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

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  Tokyo Metro platforms, 2017

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.

References

1. (in Japanese) Tokyo Metro station ridership Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-08-10

External links

• Higashi-ginza Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
• Higashi-ginza Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)