Higashi-ginza Station

Higashi-ginza Station 東銀座駅
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Location	4-10-10 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo （東京都中央区銀座四丁目10-10） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway
Other information
Station code	A-11, H-09
History
Opened	1963

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.

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.

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  Asakusa Line platform, 2005

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.

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  Hibiya line platforms, 2015

3	○ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro
4	○ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Kita-Senju, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi (via Tobu Skytree Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Toei Asakusa Line (A-11)
Shimbashi (A-10)		-	Takaracho(A-12)
Airport LTD Express: no stop
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-09)
Ginza (H-08)		-	Tsukiji (H-10)

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.

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.

External links

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