Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
A Ginza Line 1000 series train at Shibuya Station
Overview
Other name(s)G
Native name東京メトロ銀座線
OwnerThe logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro
Line number3
LocaleTokyo
Termini
Stations19
Color on map     Orange (#FF9500)
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemTokyo subway
Operator(s)Tokyo Metro
Depot(s)Shibuya, Ueno
Rolling stockTokyo Metro 1000 series (6 cars)
Daily ridership943,606 (2017)[1]
History
Opened30 December 1927; 96 years ago (30 December 1927)[2]
Technical
Line length14.3 km (8.9 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius94.183 m (309.00 ft)
Electrification600 V DC (third rail)
Operating speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Train protection systemNew CS-ATC
Maximum incline3.3%
Route map

Shibuya Depot
0.0
G-01 Shibuya F
←Tokyu Toyoko Line (former)
Toyoko Line | F Fukutoshin Line
1.3
G-02 Omotesandō ZC
2.0
G-03 Gaiemmae
2.7
G-04 Aoyama-itchōme ZE
Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line→
4.0
G-05 Akasaka-mitsuke MNYZ
M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line→
4.9
G-06 Tameike-Sannō NCM
5.5
G-07 Toranomon H
6.3
G-08 Shimbashi A
←Yamanote Line→
7.2
G-09 Ginza MH
7.9
G-10 Kyōbashi
8.6
G-11 Nihombashi AT
Nihombashi River
9.2
G-12 Mitsukoshimae Z
↓Yamanote / Keihin-Tohoku / Chūō Lines→
9.9
G-13 Kanda
↑Chūō Line (Rapid)→
10.4
Manseibashi (Closed 1931)
11.0
G-14 Suehirochō
11.6
G-15 Ueno-hirokōji HE
↑Yamanote Line / Keihin-Tōhoku Line
 Jōban / Utsunomiya / Takasaki Lines→
12.1
G-16 Ueno H
Ueno Depot
12.8
G-17 Inarichō
13.5
G-18 Tawaramachi
14.3
G-19 Asakusa A

The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (東京メトロ銀座線, Tōkyō Metoro Ginza-sen) is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is Line 3 Ginza Line (3号線銀座線, 3-gōsen Ginza-sen). It is 14.3 km (8.9 mi) long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927.[3]

The line was named after the Ginza commercial district in Chūō, Tokyo, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color orange, and its stations are given numbers using the letter "G".

  1. ^ Tokyo Metro station ridership in 2017 Train Media (sourced from Tokyo Metro) Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. ^ In its current form in 1939
  3. ^ Yamamoto, Tsutomu; Matsukawa, Shunsuke; Hisawa, Haruo (2010). "Diagnosis of Ginza Line Subway Tunnel, the Oldest in Asia, by Acquiring Data on Deterioration Indices". Information Technology in Geo-Engineering. IOS Press: 190–198. doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-617-1-190. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2014.