Ginza Station

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Ginza Station
銀座駅
Station entrance at Ginza main intersection with Sanai Building
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Chūō
History
Year opened 1934
Rail services
Station number(s) G-09, M-16, H-08
Operator(s) Tokyo Metro
Line(s) Ginza Line
Hibiya Line
Marunouchi Line
Station entrance at Sukiyabashi with Sony Building
Station entrance at Sukiyabashi with Sony Building

Ginza Station (銀座駅 Ginza-eki?) is a metro station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, serving the Ginza commercial district. It is the fourth-busiest Tokyo Metro station after Ikebukuro, Kita-senju and Ōtemachi.

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[edit] History

Ginza Station opened in March 1934 as part of an extension of the Tokyo Underground Railway line (now the Ginza Line) from Asakusa. The Marunouchi Line began service to Ginza in December 1957, and the Hibiya Line platforms opened in February 1963.

The Hibiya Line platform, which runs east-west between the north-south Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line platforms, was actually built before World War II as part of a planned TUR line to Shinjuku.

[edit] Lines

[edit] Station layout

1 Ginza Line Akasaka-mitsukeOmotesandōShibuya
2 Ginza Line NihombashiUenoAsakusa
3 Marunouchi Line YotsuyaShinjukuOgikubo
4 Marunouchi Line ŌtemachiKōrakuenIkebukuro
5 Hibiya Line RoppongiNaka-Meguro ・ (Tōkyū Tōyoko Line) Hiyoshi
6 Hibiya Line UenoKita-Senju ・ (Tōbu Isesaki Line) Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shimbashi   Ginza Line   Kyōbashi
Kasumigaseki   Marunouchi Line   Tokyo
Hibiya   Hibiya Line   Higashi-Ginza


[edit] Surroundings

An underground passage connects with the following stations, allowing transfer on foot.

Coordinates: 35.67123° N 139.76500° E