G11 T10 A13 Nihombashi Station 日本橋駅
Exit B7 in August 2019
General information
Location	1 Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro Toei
Line(s)	G Ginza Line T Tozai Line A Asakusa Line
Platforms	1 island platform, 1 side platform (Ginza Line) 2 side platforms (Asakusa Line) 1 island platform (Tozai Line)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	G-11 (Ginza Line) T-10 (Tōzai Line) A-13 (Asakusa Line)
History
Opened	24 December 1932; 91 years ago (1932-12-24)
Rebuilt	1963, 1967, 1984
Previous names	Edobashi (Asakusa Line, 1963–1989)
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Ōtemachi T09 towards Nakano Tozai Line Rapid Commuter Rapid Local Kayabachō T11 towards Nishi-Funabashi Kyōbashi G10 towards Shibuya Ginza Line Mitsukoshimae G12 towards Asakusa Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Shimbashi A10 towards Sengakuji Asakusa Line Airport Limited Express Higashi-nihombashi A15 towards Oshiage Takaracho A12 towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line Ningyōchō A14 towards Oshiage
Location
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Nihombashi Station (日本橋駅, Nihonbashi-eki) is a subway station in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) and Tokyo Metro.

Lines

Nihombashi Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

The Ginza Line station originally opened as an island platform serving two tracks, but overcrowding prompted the construction of a side platform serving Shibuya-bound trains in 1984. The island platform currently serves only Asakusa-bound trains, and the Shibuya side of the platform is fenced off.

The Tōzai Line station consists of an island platform serving two tracks, while the Asakusa Line station consists of two side platforms with two tracks between them. At the Asakusa line station, passengers must choose their direction before passing through the ticket gates.

Tokyo Metro platforms

The Japanese folk song "Oedo Nihonbashi" (お江戸日本橋, Oedo Nihonbashi) is used as the departure melody for the Tōzai Line platforms in 2015^[1][2] and the Ginza Line platforms in 2018.

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  Ginza Line platforms, 2006
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  Ginza Line platforms, February 2020
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  Tozai Line platforms, March 2013
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  Tozai Line platforms, February 2020

Toei Subway platforms

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  Asakusa Line platforms in December 2022

History

The Tokyo Underground Railway (which built the Asakusa-Shimbashi section of the Ginza Line) opened a station here on December 24, 1932, when they extended the line south to Kyōbashi. On September 1, 1941, they merged with the Tokyo Rapid Railway to form the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA).^{[citation needed]}

The next development was the opening of Edobashi Station on February 28, 1963, when Toei Line 1 was extended to Higashi-Ginza. Transfer was allowed between the two lines here, but the complex only became a true interchange when the Tōzai Line station opened on September 14, 1967.^[3]

Toei Line 1 only received its name – the Asakusa Line – on July 1, 1978, and Edobashi station was renamed on March 19, 1989, to avoid confusion with Edogawabashi Station on the Yūrakuchō Line, which opened in 1974.^[4]

The station facilities of the Ginza and Tozai lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[5]