is a subway station in

Minato, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba, Tokyo, Shiba wards following Tokyo City's Local Autonomy Ac ...

, Japan, operated jointly by

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

and

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the 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 Metropolita ...

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, Tokyo, Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using t ...

(H-04) * Toei Oedo Line (E-23) It is also relatively close to

Roppongi-itchōme Station is a subway station on the in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Roppongi-itchome Station is served by the Namboku Line, and is numbered "N-05". It is 4.8 km from the southern terminus ...

on the

Tokyo Metro Namboku Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita. The Namboku Line was referred to as Line 7 during the planning stages, thus the seldom-used off ...

(located 800 meters to the northeast), although it is not officially recognized as a transfer station and there is no transfer corridor between the two stations.

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 platforms, ...

s serving two tracks. Tokyo-Metro Roppongi-STA Roppongi-Intersection-Gate.jpg, Hibiya Line concourse in November 2022 Tokyo-Metro Roppongi-STA Platform2.jpg, Hibiya Line platforms in November 2022

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. Toei-Roppongi-STA Gate-North.jpg, Oedo Line concourse in May 2022 Toei-Roppongi-Station platform2 20220516 114720.jpg, Oedo Line platform in May 2022

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 Roppongi (, , 'six trees') is a district of Minato, Tokyo, 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 popu ...

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 , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by ...

, 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 Tokyo ...

** 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 Roppongi Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Buildings and structures in Minato, Tokyo