Nihombashi Station

G11 T10 A13
Nihombashi Station

日本橋駅
G11 T10 A13; Nihombashi Station; 日本橋駅
	Exit B7 in August 2019
Location	1 Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro; Toei;
Line(s)	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line; T Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line; A Toei Asakusa Line;
Platforms	1 island platform, 1 side platform (Ginza Line) ; 2 side platforms (Asakusa Line) ; 1 island platform (Tozai Line)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	G-11 (Ginza Line); T-10 (Tōzai Line); A-13 (Asakusa Line);
History
Opened	December 24, 1932
Rebuilt	1963, 1967, 1984
Previous names	Edobashi (Asakusa Line, 1963–1989)
Services
Location
	Nihombashi Station Location within Tokyo

Nihombashi Station (日本橋駅, Nihonbashi-eki) is a subway station in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) and Tokyo Metro.

Lines[]

Nihombashi Station is served by the following lines.

A Toei Asakusa Line (second basement)
G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (second basement)
T Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (third basement)

Station layout[]

The Ginza Line station originally opened as an island platform serving two tracks, but overcrowding prompted the construction of a side platform serving Shibuya-bound trains in 1984. The island platform currently serves only Asakusa-bound trains, and the Shibuya side of the platform is fenced off.

The Tōzai Line station consists of an island platform serving two tracks, while the Asakusa Line station consists of two side platforms with two tracks between them. At the Asakusa line station, passengers must choose their direction before passing through the ticket gates.

Tokyo Metro platforms[]

1	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Akasaka-mitsuke and Shibuya
2	G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Ueno and Asakusa
3	T Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line	for Urayasu and Nishi-funabashi JB Sōbu Line (Local) for Tsudanuma TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai
4	T Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line	for Ōtemachi, Takadanobaba and Nakano JB Chūō Line (Local) for Mitaka

The Japanese folk song "Oedo Nihonbashi" (お江戸日本橋, Oedo Nihonbashi) is used as the departure melody for the Tōzai Line platforms in 2015^[1]^[2] and the Ginza Line platforms in 2018.

Ginza Line platforms, 2006
Tozai Line platforms in March 2013
Tozai Line platforms, February 2020

Toei Subway platforms[]

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

Asakusa Line platforms, 2006

History[]

The Tokyo Underground Railway (which built the Asakusa-Shimbashi section of the Ginza Line) opened a station here on December 24, 1932, when they extended the line south to Kyōbashi. On September 1, 1941, they merged with the Tokyo Rapid Railway to form the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA).^{[citation needed]}

The next development was the opening of Edobashi Station on February 28, 1963, when Toei Line 1 was extended to Higashi-Ginza. Transfer was allowed between the two lines here, but the complex only became a true interchange when the Tōzai Line station opened on September 14, 1967.^[3]

Toei Line 1 only received its name – the Asakusa Line – on July 1, 1978, and Edobashi station was renamed on March 19, 1989 to avoid confusion with Edogawabashi Station on the Yūrakuchō Line, which opened in 1974.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "2015年ニュースリリース｜東京メトロ" [Departure melodies introduced to the Tozai Line!]. www.tokyometro.jp. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "2015年ニュースリリース｜東京メトロ" [Departure melodies for more stations on the Ginza Line and more on departure melodies for the Tozai Line.]. www.tokyometro.jp. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Tokyo". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 30 May 2013.