Hanzōmon Station

Z05
Hanzōmon Station

半蔵門駅
Z05; Hanzōmon Station; 半蔵門駅
	Entrance 5 of Hanzōmon Station, July 2008
General information
Location	1-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Z Hanzōmon Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	Z-5
History
Opened	9 December 1982; 41 years ago
Services

Hanzōmon Station (半蔵門駅, Hanzōmon-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is located near the Hanzōmon Gate of the Imperial Palace.

The station was the eastern terminal of the Hanzōmon Line from 1982 to 1989 and is still used as a terminal for some morning rush hour trains. It is the only station on the Hanzōmon Line not to connect with any other subway or railway lines; however, it is a five-minute walk from Kōjimachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.

Station layout

The station is composed of a singular island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Nagatacho and Shibuya DT Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
2	Z Hanzomon Line	for Otemachi, Kudanshita and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi

The island platform, September 2022

History

Hanzōmon Station opened on 9 December 1982, as the eastern terminus of the Hanzōmon Line at the time.^[1] It became a through station when the Hanzōmon Line was extended to Mitsukoshimae.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[2]

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "「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.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

35°41′8.4912″N 139°44′29.9652″E / 35.685692000°N 139.741657000°E / 35.685692000; 139.741657000

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[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[2] "「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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