Toranomon Station
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Toranomon Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro
Ginza Line. It is located between Toranomon in Minato
Ward and Kasumigaseki
in Chiyoda
Ward.
The station was opened on November 18, 1938 as the eastern terminus of the original section of the Tokyo Rapid Railway from Aoyama-Rokuchōme (now Omotesandō). It became a through station when the line was extended to Shimbashi on January 15, 1939.
Toranomon is one of the originating stations for Ginza Line trains: two trains originate at Toranomon each morning, one going in each direction.
Tokyo Metro
is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Toei. It is the most used subway system in the world in terms of annual passenger rides.-Organization:...
Ginza Line. It is located between Toranomon in Minato
Minato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
Ward and Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices...
in Chiyoda
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
Ward.
The station was opened on November 18, 1938 as the eastern terminus of the original section of the Tokyo Rapid Railway from Aoyama-Rokuchōme (now Omotesandō). It became a through station when the line was extended to Shimbashi on January 15, 1939.
Toranomon is one of the originating stations for Ginza Line trains: two trains originate at Toranomon each morning, one going in each direction.
Adjacent stations
Adjacent to
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