Otemachi Station (大手町駅, Ōtemachi-eki) is a subway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. It is served by five lines, more than any other station on the Tokyo underground network, and is thus the biggest subway station in Tokyo.[1] It is Tokyo Metro's second busiest station after Ikebukuro.[2]
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Location | Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms (Marunouchi Line) 4 island platforms (Chiyoda/Mita/Tozai/Hanzomon lines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 20, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Otemachi is within walking distance (either at street level or via underground passages) of Tokyo Station.
1 | M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line | for Ginza, Shinjuku, and Ogikubo |
2 | M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line | for Ochanomizu and Ikebukuro |
3 | T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line | for Nishi-funabashi JB Sōbu Line (Local) for Tsudanuma TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line for Toyo-Katsutadai |
4 | T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line | for Takadanobaba and Nakano JB Chūō Line (Local) for Mitaka |
5 | C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line | for Kasumigaseki and Yoyogi-uehara![]() |
6 | C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line | for Shin-ochanomizu, Kita-senju and Ayase JL Jōban Line (Local) for Abiko and Toride |
7 | Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line | for Kudanshita and Shibuya DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chuo-rinkan |
8 | Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line | for Kinshicho and Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-dōbutsu-kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi |
1 | I Toei Mita Line | for Meguro MG Tokyu Meguro Line for Hiyoshi |
2 | I Toei Mita Line | for Sugamo and Nishi-takashimadaira |
The station opened on July 20, 1956 as a station on the Marunouchi Line. The Tōzai Line platforms opened on October 1, 1966 as a terminus of the line from Nakano, becoming through platforms on September 14, 1967. The Chiyoda Line platforms opened on December 20, 1969 as the terminus of the line from Kita-Senju; they became through platforms on March 20, 1971. The Mita Line platforms opened on June 30, 1972, and the Hanzōmon Line platforms on January 26, 1989.[3]
With the exception of the Mita Line, the station facilities of the remaining lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[4]
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