is a subway station in

Minato, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits t ...

, Japan, operated jointly by

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...

and

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, the other being Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...

Lines

Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color sil ...

(H-04) * Toei Oedo Line (E-23)

Station layout

The Toei Oedo Line platform 1 is 42 meters underground, making this station the deepest of the Tokyo subway stations. (The Toei Oedo Line platform 2 is 32 meters underground.)

Tokyo Metro

Two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfo ...

s serving two tracks.

Toei

Two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is located on the 7th basement level, and platform 2 is located on the 5th basement level. Roppongi Station Hibiya Line Platform 2013.jpg, The Hibiya Line platforms in June 2013 Toei-E23-Roppongi-station-platform1-20081210.jpg, The Toei Oedo Line platform in December 2008 Roppongi Station Oedo Line Concourse 2013.jpg, The Toei Oedo Line concourse in June 2013

History

The Hibiya Line station opened on March 25, 1964. The Oedo Line station opened on December 12, 2000. The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Surrounding area

Roppongi is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It ...

Roppongi Hills is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo. Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apartm ...

(

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Comp ...

, etc.) *

Tokyo Midtown is a 569,000-square-meter (6.1 million sq ft) mixed-use development in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in March 2007, the $3 billion (¥370 billion) project includes office, residential, commercial, hotel, and leisure space, and the new quarte ...

* The National Art Center, Tokyo * the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies *

Akasaka Press Center Akasaka Press Center (also known as Hardy Barracks and Azabu Heliport) is a facility of the United States Army, Japan located in the Roppongi area of Minato, Tokyo. The facility occupies 3.1 hectares of land in central Tokyo. It houses the Toky ...

** Stars and Stripes

References

External links

Roppongi Station
(Tokyo Metro)

(Tokyo Metro)

(Toei)

(Toei) {{Coord, 35, 39, 46, N, 139, 43, 53, E, display=title, region:JP-13_type:railwaystation_source:dewiki Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Toei Ōedo Line Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Railway stations in Tokyo Roppongi Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Buildings and structures in Minato, Tokyo