Kasumigaseki Station (Tokyo)

Kasumigaseki Station (霞ヶ関駅, Kasumigaseki-eki) is a subway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. The station is located in the Kasumigaseki government district.

C08 H07 M15 Kasumigaseki Station 霞ヶ関駅
The east entrance
Location	2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35.673888°N 139.751061°E
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	15 October 1958
Passengers
FY2019	151,997 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Omote-sando C04 toward Hakone-Yumoto, Gotemba or Katase-Enoshima Romancecar Ōtemachi C11 toward Kita-Senju Kokkai-gijidomae C07 toward Yoyogi-Uehara Chiyoda Line Hibiya C09 toward Kita-Ayase Toranomon Hills H06 (one-way trains) toward Ebisu TH Liner Ginza H09 toward Kuki Toranomon Hills H06 toward Naka-meguro Hibiya Line Hibiya H08 toward Kita-Senju Kokkai-gijidomae M14 toward Ogikubo or Hōnanchō Marunouchi Line Ginza M16 toward Ikebukuro
Location
Kasumigaseki Station Location within Tokyo Kasumigaseki Station Kasumigaseki Station (Japan)

Lines

Kasumigaseki Station is served by the following three Tokyo Metro lines.

• M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-15)
• H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-07)
• C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-08)

Station layout

The platforms for Marunouchi Line serving two tracks consist of one island platform and one side platform. One side of the island platform is closed off by a fence. The platform for the Hibiya Line is an island platform serving two tracks. The platform for the Chiyoda Line is an island platform serving two tracks.

The platforms for the Chiyoda Line and the Marunouchi Line are not directly connected, and transferring passengers need to walk through the Hibiya Line platform, which takes about five minutes.

Platforms

1	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Shinjuku, Ogikubo, and Honancho
2	M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Ginza, Otemachi, and Ikebukuro
3	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ebisu and Naka-meguro
4	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ginza, Ueno, and Kita-senju} TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi
5	C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	for Meiji-jingumae and Yoyogi-uehara Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
6	C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line	for Otemachi, Kita-senju, and Ayase JL Jōban Line (Local) for Abiko and Toride

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  Marunouchi Line platforms, 2019
• 
  Hibiya platforms, 2016
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  An Odakyu 60000 series MSE Romancecar train on Metro Hakone at the Chiyoda Line platform, 2010

History

• October 15, 1958: The Marunouchi Line station opens.
• March 25, 1964: The Hibiya Line station opens.
• March 20, 1971: The Chiyoda Line station opens.
• March 15, 1995: Aum Shinrikyo attempts a biological attack by surreptitiously spreading Botulinum toxin in the station. There are no known casualties.[2]
• March 20, 1995: Sarin gas attack targets the station.

Surrounding area

• Sakuradamon Station
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
• National Police Agency
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Japan Post Holdings
• Hibiya Park
• Inner Circular Route Kasumigaseki

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Kasumigaseki Station (Saitama), a station in Saitama Prefecture with the same name

References

1. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2019年度 [Station usage ranking FY2019] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
2. Danzig, Richard, Marc Sageman, Terrance Leighton, Lloyd Hough, Hidemi Yuki, Rui Kotani and Zachary M. Hosford, "Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine", Center for a New American Security, July 2011.

External links

• Tokyo Metro station information (in English)
• Tokyo Metro station information (in Japanese)