| Higashi-Ginza Station 東銀座駅 Tokyo Metro and Toei subway station |
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10-10 4-chome 東京都中央区銀座四丁目10-10 |
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| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 February 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | A-11 and H-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation and Tokyo Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Suica and Pasmo | Accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2007) | 55.067 million[1] (combined) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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-09.
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The station serves the eastern part of the Ginza. In the area are the Kabuki-za, the headquarters of Nissan Motors, 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.
Higashi-Ginza station opened on February 28, 1963 as a station on Toei Line 1. In 1978, the line took its present name.
Higashi-Ginza station consists of two stations perpendicular to each other: the Toei and Tokyo Metro stations.
Running underneath Shōwa Street (昭和通り Shōwa-dori) Higashi-Ginza's Asakusa Line station has two platforms serving two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers bound for Sengakuji and Nishi-Magome Stations. Track 2 is for those traveling in the opposite direction toward Nihombashi and Oshiage Stations.
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. Track 3 is for Ginza and Naka-Meguro Stations, and trains depart Track 4 for Ueno and Kita-Senju Stations.
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