Omotesandō Station

Omotesandō Station 表参道駅
Omotesandō Station entrance, May 2010
Location	3-6-12 Kita-aoyama, Minato, Tokyo （東京都港区北青山3-6-12） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Other information
Station code	C-04 G-02 Z-02
History
Opened	1938
Previous names	Aoyama-rokuchōme (until 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2007[1])	151,667 daily

Omotesandō Station (表参道駅, Omotesandō-eki) is a Tokyo Metro subway station located at the intersection of Omotesandō and Aoyama-dori in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Part of the Chiyoda Line platforms extends into Shibuya.

Lines

Omotesandō Station is served by the following three lines.

• Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-04)
• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-02)
• Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z-02)

Station layout

There are three levels at this station:

• B1: Ginza and Hanzomon Line platforms
• B2: Ticket hall / ticket gates / main concourse
• B3: Chiyoda Line platforms

All platforms are wheelchair accessible. There is same-direction cross-platform interchange between the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, making this a convenient transfer point on the Aoyama-dōri section of these lines. Passengers who wish to change to the JR lines or the Keio Inokashira Line at Shibuya often change to the Ginza line here; those who want the Tokyu Toyoko Line, the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line or the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line change to the Hanzomon Line. Ginza/Hanzomon Line passengers must exit the station by going down to the ticket gates; they cannot go directly up to the street.

Platforms

The Chiyoda Line station has one island platform and two tracks. The Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station has two island platforms and four tracks. There are same-direction cross-platform interchanges in the Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station.

Adjacent stations

History

Ginza/Hanzomon Lines platform

The station was opened as the terminus of the Tokyo Rapid Railway from Toranomon as Aoyama-rokuchōme Station (青山六丁目駅) on November 18, 1938, at a site approx. 180 m southwest of its current location (between the current station and Shibuya Station). It became a through station later that year when the section to Shibuya opened on December 20. When through services from the Tokyo Underground Railway (from Asakusa) began on September 16, 1939, the station became Jingūmae Station (神宮前駅).^[2] This makes it the only Tokyo Metro station to have been renamed twice.

The Chiyoda Line platforms at Omotesando Station opened on October 20, 1972; the Omotesando name was used to avoid confusion with Meiji-Jingūmae Station, the next stop on the Chiyoda Line toward Yoyogi-Uehara. From 1972 to 1977, Omotesando and Jingumae were separate stations for the Chiyoda and Ginza lines respectively. In 1977, the Ginza Line moved to a temporary station on the northeast side of Omotesando Station, pending completion of the Hanzomon Line platforms. The new platforms for the Hanzomon Line and Ginza Line opened on August 1, 1978. The space used for the old Jingumae Station remains visible from the Ginza Line tunnel as of 2015.^[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omotesando Station.

• Official website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°39′54.5328″N 139°42′45.0756″E / 35.665148000°N 139.712521000°E / 35.665148000; 139.712521000