Higashi-ginza Station


Higashi-ginza Station 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 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.

Tokyo Metro station

The Tokyo Metro component of Higashi-ginza station runs below Harumi Street. 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.

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, the Tōgeki, the Electric Power Development Company, and the Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza Hotel.