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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station

Kokkai-gijidō-mae 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.

The station name literally means "in front of the National Diet Building".

Lines

Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station is served by the following lines.

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

Station layout

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 Ōedo Line are farther underground).


1 M Marunouchi Line for Ogikubo and Honancho
2 M Marunouchi Line for Ikebukuro
3 C Chiyoda Line for Omote-sando and Yoyogi-uehara
Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
4 C Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-senju, Ayase, and Kita-ayase
JL Jōban Line (Local) for Abiko and Toride

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. It also became possible to transfer to the Ginza and Namboku lines via a passageway to the newly opened Tameike-Sannō Station which opened on September 30, 1997.

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, this station and Tameike-sannō combined had an average of 150,922 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online (in Japanese). 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ Kokkai-gijidō-mae and Tameike-sannō stations are considered to be the same station by Tokyo Metro when collecting ridership statistics.

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