Higashi-ginza Station

A11 H10 Higashi-ginza Station 東銀座駅
A1 exit, 2018
General information
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
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Template:Tokyo Metro stations H09 toward Template:Tokyo Metro stations Template:Tokyo Metro lines Template:Tokyo Metro stations H11 toward Template:Tokyo Metro stations Toei Subway Template:Toei Subway stations A10 toward Template:Toei Subway stations Template:Toei Subway lines Template:Toei Subway stations A12 toward Template:Toei Subway stations

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. 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) (in Japanese)
• Higashi-ginza Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)