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Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station

Coordinates: 35°40′27″N 139°44′43″E / 35.674119°N 139.745246°E / 35.674119; 139.745246
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Kokkai-gijidomae Station

国会議事堂前駅
Station ticket barriers
General information
LocationChiyoda, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byTokyo Metro
Line(s)
Other information
Station codeC-07, M-14
History
Opened1959

Kokkai-gijidomae Station (国会議事堂前駅, Kokkai-gijidō-mae-eki) is a subway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is located adjacent to the National Diet Building (Kokkai-gijidō in Japanese).

Lines

Kokkai-gijidomae Station is served by the following lines.

The station is also connected by underground passageways to Tameike-Sanno Station, which is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and it is possible to transfer between the two stations without passing through the ticket gates.

Station layout

Chiyoda Line platform

The Chiyoda Line platforms are 37.9 m underground, making this station the deepest in the Tokyo Metro network (although a number of stations on the Toei Oedo Line are farther underground).

1  Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line for Shinjuku and Ogikubo
2  Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line for Ginza, Tokyo, and Ikebukuro
3  Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Omotesandō, Yoyogi-Uehara
Odakyu Tama Line for Karakida
4  Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Tokyo, Ayase
Joban Line for Chiba and Toride

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-14)
Akasaka-mitsuke (M-13) Tokyo (M-15)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-07)
Tokyo (C-06) Tokyo (C-08)

History

The Marunouchi Line platforms in 1977

The station first opened on March 15, 1959, as a station on the Marunouchi Line. The Chiyoda Line platforms opened on October 20, 1972, and the Namboku Line platforms opened on September 30, 1997. It also became possible to transfer to the Ginza and Namboku lines via a passageway to the newly opened Tameike Sannō Station.[when?]

Surrounding area


35°40′27″N 139°44′43″E / 35.674119°N 139.745246°E / 35.674119; 139.745246