is a

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subway station located at the intersection of

Omotesandō is a zelkova tree-lined avenue located in Shibuya and Minato, Tokyo, stretching from the Meiji Shrine entrance to Aoyama-dōri (Aoyama Street), where Omotesandō Station can be found. History Omotesandō was originally created in the Taishō er ...

(Avenue Omotesandō) and Aoyama-dori (Aoyama Street) in Aoyama, Minato ward, Tokyo, Japan. Part of the Chiyoda Line platforms extends into

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Lines

Omote-sando Station is served by the following three lines. *

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).Tokyo Metro Ginza Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia. The line was named aft ...

(G-02) *

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(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

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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

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at Shibuya often change to the Ginza line here; those who want the

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, the

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or the

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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. File:Omotesando Station Chiyoda Line Concourse 2018.jpg, Chiyoda Line Concourse, 2018

Platforms

The Chiyoda Line station has one

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and two tracks. The Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station has two island platforms and four tracks. There are same-direction

s in the Ginza/Hanzomon Lines station. File:Chiyoda line Omotesando Station platforms - March 27 2021 various.jpeg, Chiyoda Line Platform, 2021 File:Subway Omotesando stn platforms panorama with ticket gates Oct 03 2018.jpeg, Cross-platform interchange between Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line, 2018

History

The station was opened as the terminus of the Tokyo Rapid Railway from Toranomon as on November 18, 1938, at a site approx. 180 m southwest of its current location (between the current station and

Shibuya Station is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Keio Corporation, Tokyu Corporation, and Tokyo Metro. With 2.4 million passengers on an average weekday in 2004, it is the fourth-busiest ...

). 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 . 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. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

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smart card coverage at this station began operation on 18 March 2007.

Surrounding area

, Aoyama and

Harajuku is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular refere ...

area * Aoyama Gakuin * Headquarters of the

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Nezu Museum Nezu may refer to: * Nezu Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan * Nezu Station, a railway station in Tokyo * Nezu (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' * Nezu, a character in the manga series ''Akira'' Peo ...

* , also known as ( Sōtō-shū temple) - located in Nishi-Azabu

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omotesando Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1938 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Stations of Tokyo Metro Railway stations in Tokyo