Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station

Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station
国会議事堂前駅
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Chiyoda
History
Year opened 1959
Rail services
Station number(s) C-07, M-14
Operator(s) Tokyo Metro
Line(s) Chiyoda Line
Marunouchi Line

Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station (国会議事堂前駅 -eki?) is a Tokyo Metro station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to the National Diet Building.

The Chiyoda Line platforms are 37.9 m underground, making this station the deepest in the Tokyo Metro network (although a number of stations on the Toei Oedo Line are farther underground). An urban legend in Tokyo proposes that this is because the government intended for the station to be used as a shelter for government workers in the event of a nuclear attack.

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History

Lines

The station is also connected by underground passageways to Tameike-Sanno Station, which is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and it is possible to transfer between the two stations without crossing through the ticket gates.

Station layout

The platforms for Marunouchi Line are 2-ways, 2-side platforms.
The platform for Chiyoda Line is an island platform (2-ways).

1 Marunouchi Line ShinjukuOgikubo
2 Marunouchi Line GinzaŌtemachiIkebukuro
3 Chiyoda Line OmotesandōYoyogi-UeharaOdakyu Tama Line Direct) Karakida
4 Chiyoda Line ŌtemachiAyase ・ (Joban Line Direct)AbikoToride

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Akasaka-mitsuke   Marunouchi Line   Kasumigaseki
Akasaka   Chiyoda Line   Kasumigaseki

Surroundings