Kudanshita Station

Location
	Kudanshita Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Tokyo) Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Japan)

S05 Z06 T07
Kudanshita Station

九段下駅
S05 Z06 T07; Kudanshita Station; 九段下駅
	No. 4 entrance in April 2010
General information
Location	1-6-1 Kudan-minami (Tokyo Metro); 1-13-19 Kudan-kita (Toei Subway); Chiyoda, Tokyo; Japan
Coordinates	35°41′43″N 139°45′05″E / 35.6954°N 139.7514°E
Operated by	Tokyo Metro; Toei Subway;
Line(s)	S Shinjuku Line; Z Hanzōmon Line; T Tozai Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms (Tozai Line), 1 island platform and 2 side platforms (Hanzōmon/Shinjuku Line)
Tracks	2 (Tozai Line), 4 (Hanzōmon/Shinjuku Line)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	S-05, T-07, Z-06
History
Opened	23 December 1964; 60 years ago
Services
Location
Location
	Kudanshita Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Tokyo) Kudanshita Station Kudanshita Station (Japan)

Kudanshita Station (九段下駅, Kudanshita-eki) is a subway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.

Lines

Kudanshita Station is served by the following three subway lines.

Station layout

The underground station is built on three main levels, with the Tōzai Line platforms located on the 2nd basement level and the Shinjuku Line and Hanzōmon Line platforms on the 4th basement level.

Platforms

The Tōzai Line platforms consist of two side platforms running approximately north–south. The Shinjuku Line and Hanzōmon Line platforms on the 4th basement level were originally configured as two sets of side platforms running approximately east–west parallel to each other. From 16 March 2013, the separating wall between these platforms was removed, allowing cross-platform interchange between platform 4 (Hanzōmon Line Oshiage-bound) and platform 5 (Shinjuku Line Shinjuku-bound).^[1]

1	T Tozai Line	for Ōtemachi, Tōyōchō, Nishi-Funabashi JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai
2	T Tozai Line	for Nakano JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka
3	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Shibuya DT Den-en-toshi Line for Nagatsuta and Chūō-Rinkan
4	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Otemachi, Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Koshigaya and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi
5	S Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Sasazuka, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto
6	S Shinjuku Line	for Jimbocho, Ōjima, and Moto-Yawata

The song "Under the Big Onion" (大きな玉ねぎの下で, Ookina Tamanegi no Shita de) by the band Bakufū Slump is used as the departure melody for the Tōzai Line platforms in 2015.^[2]

Tozai Line platforms, 2018
Cross-platform interchange between the Hanzōmon Line and Shinjuku Line in February 2024

History

The station opened on 23 December 1964 as the eastern terminus of the Tozai Line from Takadanobaba.^[3] The Shinjuku Line platforms opened on 16 March 1980, and the Hanzomon Line platforms on 26 January 1989.^[3]

The station facilities of the Hanzomon and Tozai Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[4]

Work commenced on removing the separating wall between the parallel Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Toei Shinjuku Line platforms (4 and 5) in 2012, allowing cross-platform interchange from 16 March 2013.^[1]

Surrounding area

This is the closest subway station to Yasukuni Shrine and Nippon Budokan.

References

^ ^a ^b 平成25 年3 月16 日(土) 東京の地下鉄がさらに便利になります [Tokyo Subway to become even more convenient from 16 March 2013] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro & Toei Subway. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "2015年ニュースリリース｜東京メトロ" [Departure melodies introduced to the Tozai Line!]. www.tokyometro.jp. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

Kudanshita Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in English)
Kudanshita Station information (Toei Subway) (in English)

[tokyometro20130215-1] 平成25 年3 月16 日(土) 東京の地下鉄がさらに便利になります [Tokyo Subway to become even more convenient from 16 March 2013] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro & Toei Subway. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.

[2] "2015年ニュースリリース｜東京メトロ" [Departure melodies introduced to the Tozai Line!]. www.tokyometro.jp. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[terada2002-3] Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

[4] "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

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