Higashi-ginza Station

A11 H10
Higashi-ginza Station

東銀座駅
A11 H10; Higashi-ginza Station; 東銀座駅
	A1 exit, 2018
Location	4-10-10-saki (Asakusa Line); 4-12-15-saki (Hibiya Line) Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro; Toei
Line(s)	H Hibiya Line; A Asakusa Line
Other information
Station code	A-11, H-10
History
Opened	1963
Passengers
FY2019	91,855 daily (Tokyo Metro); 86,726 daily (Toei)
Services

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-10.

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.

1	A Toei Asakusa Line	for Sengakuji and Nishi-magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Shinagawa, Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Terminal) and Misakiguchi
2	A Toei Asakusa Line	for Nihombashi and Oshiage KS Keisei Main Line for Aoto, Keisei Funabashi and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) HS Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda

Toei platforms, 2017

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.

3	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro
4	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Kita-Senju TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi

Tokyo Metro platforms, 2017
Station ticket gates and ticket machines, 2018.

History[]

Higashi-ginza Station opened on February 28, 1963, as a station on Toei Line 1 and Hibiya Line. Later in 1978, Toei Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 91,855 passengers per day,^[1] and Toei Station was used by an average of 86,726 passengers per day.^[2]

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.

References[]

^ 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 2021-02-11.
^ 各駅乗降人員一覧 [The number of passengers] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

External links[]

Higashi-ginza Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in English)
Higashi-ginza Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
Higashi-ginza Station information (Toei) (in English)
Higashi-ginza Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°40′11″N 139°46′02″E / 35.6697°N 139.7673°E / 35.6697; 139.7673

[tokyometrostats2019-1] 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 2021-02-11.

[2] 各駅乗降人員一覧 [The number of passengers] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

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