is a subway station in

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, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

Tokyo Metro The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei ...

Lines

Kanamechō Station is served by the

Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

(station number "Y-08") and the

Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line The , formally the , is a subway line operated by Tokyo Metro in west-central Tokyo and Wako, Saitama, Japan. The newest line in the Tokyo subway network, it opened in stages between 1994 and 2008. On average, the Fukutoshin line carries 362,654 ...

(station number "F-08").

Station layout

The station consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s on different levels. The Yurakucho Line platform (tracks 1 and 2) is located on the second basement ("B2F") level, while the Fukutoshin Line platform (tracks 3 and 4) is located on the third basement ("B3F") level. The platforms are equipped with waist-height

platform edge doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

Platforms

File:TokyoMetro-Y08-Kanamecho-station-platform-20211216-130721.jpg, Yurakucho Line platform File:TokyoMetro-F08-Kanamecho-station-platform-20211216-130837.jpg, Fukutoshin Line platform

History

The station opened on 24 June 1983, serving the

. The

also started operating through this station on 14 June 2008. The station facilities were inherited by

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

were installed in January 2011.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanamecho Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1983 Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line Railway stations in Tokyo