Jimbōchō Station

Jimbocho Station (神保町駅, Jinbōchō-eki) is a subway station located at the Jimbōchō intersection of the Hakusan and Yasukuni streets in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The station is operated jointly by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). Because it is the nearest station to Senshu University, it has the secondary name Shenshu daigaku-mae.

Lines

Jimbocho Station is served by the following three subway lines.

Station layout

• Level B1: Northern ticket barriers, Toei Shinjuku Line platforms
• Level B2: Southern and western ticket barriers
• Level B3: Toei Mita Line platforms
• Level B4: Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line platforms

Platforms

History

The Mita Line station opened on 30 June 1972 as part of the Toei Line 6. The Shinjuku Line station opened on 16 March 1980. The Hanzomon Line station opened on 26 January 1989.

The station facilities of the Hanzomon Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Surrounding area

• Jimbōchō Book Town
• Jinbōchō Theater
• Senshu University
• Iwanami Shoten headquarters
• Shogakukan headquarters
• Shueisha headquarters
• Johnson & Johnson Japan office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

• Toei Jimbocho Station information (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Metro Jimbocho Station information