Jimbocho Station
Jimbocho Station (神保町駅, Jinbōchō-eki) is a subway station located at the Jimbōchō intersection of the Hakusan and Yasukuni streets in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The station is operated jointly by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).
Because it is the nearest station to Senshu University, it has the secondary name Shenshu daigaku-mae.
Lines
Jimbocho Station is served by the following three subway lines.
- I Toei Mita Line (I-10)
- S Toei Shinjuku Line (S-06)
- Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-07)
Station layout
- Level B1: Northern ticket barriers, Toei Shinjuku Line platforms
- Level B2: Southern and western ticket barriers
- Level B3: Toei Mita Line platforms
- Level B4: Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line platforms
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Entrance A1 in January 2015 -
Entrance A2 in November 2015 -
Entrance A7 in May 2010 -
The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line ticket barriers in November 2015
Platforms
| 1 | S Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Sasazuka, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto |
| 2 | S Shinjuku Line | for Ōjima and Motoyawata |
| 3 | I Mita Line |
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| 4 | I Mita Line | for Sugamo and Nishi-takashimadaira |
| 5 | Z Hanzōmon Line | for Kudanshita and Shibuya DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Nagatsuta and Chūō-Rinkan |
| 6 | Z Hanzōmon Line | for Kinshicho and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Koshigaya and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi |
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The Toei Shinjuku Line platforms in August 2020 -
The Toei Mita Line platforms in December 2019 -
The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line platforms in November 2021
History
The Mita Line station opened on 30 June 1972 as part of the Toei Line 6. The Shinjuku Line station opened on 16 March 1980. The Hanzomon Line station opened on 26 January 1989.
The station facilities of the Hanzomon Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
Surrounding area
- Jimbōchō Book Town
- Jinbōchō Theater
- Senshu University
- Iwanami Shoten headquarters
- Shogakukan headquarters
- Shueisha headquarters
- Johnson & Johnson Japan office
See also
References
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 214–215. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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