Kayabachō Station
Lines
Kayabacho Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.
Station layout
The Hibiya and Tozai lines cross perpendicularly at the station and so do their platforms. The Hibiya Line has two side platforms with southbound trains using track 1 and northbound trains using track 2. In contrast, the Tozai Line has a single island platform with tracks on either side; platform 3 serves eastbound trains whilst platform 4 serves westbound trains.
Platforms
1 | H Hibiya Line | for Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro |
2 | H Hibiya Line | for Ueno, Kita-Senju TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi |
3 | T Tozai Line | for Tōyōchō, Nishi-Funabashi JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai |
4 | T Tozai Line | for Otemachi, Kudanshita, Nakano JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka |
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Concourse in 2015
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The Tozai Line island platform in 2019
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The Hibiya Line platforms in August 2018
History
The station opened on February 28, 1963, as part of the Hibiya line, which then ran between Higashi-ginza and Kita-Koshigaya (on the Tōbu Isesaki Line). The Tōzai Line platforms opened on September 14, 1967.
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.
Surrounding area
Kayabachō Station is located at an intersection of two major streets in southern Nihonbashi (specifically Nihonbashi-Kayabachō), a neighbourhood in Chūō Ward renowned for its financial history and commercial development. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is only a few blocks west in Nihonbashi-Kabutochō.
- Suitengūmae Station (Z Hanzōmon Line) (approximately 10 minutes' walk)