Ginza Station

Ginza Station (銀座駅, Ginza-eki) is a subway station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It serves the Ginza commercial district, and is the fourth-busiest Tokyo Metro station after Ikebukuro, Ōtemachi, and Kita-senju.

Lines

Ginza Station is served by the following three Tokyo Metro lines.

• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-09)
• Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-16)
• Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-09)

Station layout

Each line has an island platform serving two tracks. The Ginza and Marunouchi Line platforms are located separately on the 2nd basement (B2F) level, while the Hibiya Line platforms are located on the 3rd basement (B3F) level.

Platforms

The song "Ginza Kankan Musume" (銀座カンカン娘, Ginza Kankan Musume) by Ryōichi Hattori is used as the departure melody on the Ginza Line platforms in 2012.

The song "The Love Story of Ginza" (銀座の恋の物語, Ginza no Koi no Monogatari) by Yujiro Ishihara and Junko Makimura is used as the departure melody on the Hibiya Line platforms in 2016.

History

Ginza Station opened on the Ginza Line on 3 March 1934. The Marunouchi Line began service to Ginza on 15 December 1957, and the Hibiya Line platforms opened on 29 August 1964.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

TH Liner services on the Hibiya Line between Ebisu and Kuki commenced on 6 June 2020.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 257,440 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

An underground passage connects with the following stations, allowing transfer on foot. Ginza-itchōme is the official transfer station, the others are not.

• Ginza-itchōme (Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line)
• Higashi-Ginza (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
• Hibiya (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Toei Mita Line)
• Yūrakuchō (Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line)

References

External links

• Ginza station information (Tokyo Metro) (in English)
• Ginza station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)

1. Ginza
2. Higashi-ginza Station
3. Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
4. Shibuya Station
5. Ginza-itchōme Station
6. Shimbashi Station
7. Ginza (disambiguation)
8. Togoshi-ginza Station
9. Tokyo Station
10. Asakusa Station
11. Ueno Station
12. Toei Asakusa Line
13. Nishi Ginza Station
14. Aoyama-itchōme Station
15. Omote-sandō Station
16. List of Tokyo Metro stations
17. Akasaka-mitsuke Station
18. A Man Vanishes
19. Nihombashi Station
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