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and Namboku Lines, and it is possible to transfer between the two stations without passing through the ticket gates.

Station layout

The Chiyoda Line platforms are 37.9 m underground, making this station the deepest in the Tokyo Metro network (although a number of stations on the are farther underground). File:National-Diet-Bldg-Marunouchi-gate.jpg, Marunouchi Line concourse File:TokyoMetro-C07-Kokkai-gijidomae-station-platform-3-20220315-151354.jpg, Chiyoda Line platform File:TokyoMetro-M14-Kokkai-gijidomae-station-platform-20220315-150634.jpg, Marunouchi Line platforms

History

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The station first opened on March 15, 1959, as a station on the Marunouchi Line. The Chiyoda Line platforms opened on October 20, 1972. It also became possible to transfer to the Ginza and Namboku lines via a passageway to the newly opened Tameike-Sannō Station which opened on September 30, 1997. The station facilities were inherited by

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, this station and combinedKokkai-gijidō-mae and Tameike-sannō stations are considered to be the same station by

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when collecting ridership statistics. had an average of 150,922 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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Hibiya High School is a public high school located in Nagata-chō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1878 as the . It was well known in the 1950s and 1960s for the large proportion of graduates who gained admission to the prestigious University of Tokyo; ...

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Hie Shrine The is a Shinto shrine in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Its June 15 Sannō Matsuri is one of the three great Japanese festivals of Edo (the forerunner of Tokyo). Other names for the shrine include Hiyoshi Sannō-sha, Hiyoshi Sannō Daigong ...

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References

External links

Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station information
(Tokyo Metro) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kokkai-Gijidomae Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1959