Tokyo Metro

3 photos · 2023

3 photographs tagged Tokyo Metro, 2023.

Related: Japan Tokyo Ginza Line M11 Marunouchi Line Sanchome
Marunouchi Line stairwell in Tokyo Metro with exposed black conduit and red brick walls.
The Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro's first subway route, opened in stages between 1954 and 1962 and remains one of the busiest lines in the system, linking Ogikubo and Ikebukuro with Tokyo Station and Ginza. Its red trains and red line color on Tokyo Metro maps have marked it since construction. Many of its original stations kept postwar-era finishes, with tiled walls and exposed conduit runs left uncovered along stairwells and platform ceilings. The line runs largely underground except for a short elevated stretch near Ochanomizu, where it crosses the Kanda River in view of Ochanomizu Station.

Exposed Conduit Over Stairwell on the Marunouchi Line

Yotsuya-sanchome Station entrance on Tokyo Metro's Marunouchi Line with elevator access and tactile paving.
Yotsuya-sanchome Station serves Tokyo Metro's Marunouchi Line as stop M11, sitting near the boundary of Shinjuku and Yotsuya. The station opened in 1959, part of the Marunouchi Line's postwar expansion through central Tokyo. Its entrances connect to Route 20 (Shinjuku-dori), one of the city's older east-west arterials linking Shinjuku to the Kojimachi and Yotsuya districts. This particular entrance includes an elevator reserved for passengers heading toward the Shinjuku and Ogikubo directions, supplementing the stairways more commonly used at street level.

Yotsuya-sanchome Station Elevator Entrance, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

Passengers queue at ticket gates on the Ginza Line platform at Shimbashi Station in Tokyo.
Shimbashi Station's Ginza Line platform serves trains toward Toranomon, Akasaka-mitsuke, Omote-sando, and Shibuya. The Ginza Line opened in stages between 1927 and 1939, making it the first subway line built in Asia. Tokyo Metro operates the line today, connecting Shibuya and Asakusa across 19 stations. Shimbashi itself is a transfer point serving the Yurikamome line as well, linking the Ginza Line network to Tokyo Bay's waterfront districts.

Commuters Queue at Ginza Line Ticket Gates, Shimbashi Station

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