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. Platform 2 is for those traveling in the opposite direction toward Nihombashi and Oshiage.
Higashi-ginza Station opened on February 28, 1963, as a station on Toei Line 1 and Hibiya Line. Later in 1978, Toei Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line.
The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 91,855 passengers per day,[2] and Toei Station was used by an average of 86,726 passengers per day.[3]
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.
References
^"「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.
^各駅の乗降人員ランキング 2019年度 [Station usage ranking FY2019] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^各駅乗降人員一覧 [The number of passengers] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-11.