Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

A subway train prepares to depart Hiroo Station en route to Kita-Senju Station

Hibiya Line (Click on image to enlarge.)

The Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (東京地下鉄日比谷線, Tōkyō Chikatetsu Hibiya-sen^?) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. Its color on maps is grey. Stations on the Hibiya Line carry the letter H followed by a number.

Hibiya Line trains interoperate with the Tokyu Toyoko Line from Naka-Meguro Station and with the Tobu Isesaki Line from Kita-Senju Station.

Development

The Hibiya Line was the third subway line built in Tokyo, after the Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line.

Its basic plan was drawn up by a Ministry of Transportation committee in 1957. Called Line 2 at the time, it was designed to connect Naka-Meguro in southwest Tokyo with Kita-Koshigaya in the northeast. The full northeastern extension of the line was never built, as the Tobu Railway upgraded to quadruple track within the same corridor to meet capacity demands.

The line's path is somewhat similar to that of the Ginza Line: however, the Hibiya Line was designed to serve a number of important districts which were not on either of the existing lines, such as Ebisu, Roppongi, Tsukiji, Kayabacho and Senju.

Work began in 1959. The line opened in stages: the northern section, between Kita-Senju and Ningyocho, was operational in May 1962, and the southern section, between Naka-Meguro and Kasumigaseki, opened in March 1964. The final segment, bridging Higashi-Ginza and Kasumigaseki, opened on August 29, 1964, just weeks before the opening ceremony for the 1964 Summer Olympics. This was something of a coup for the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of today's Tokyo Metro), as the Toei Asakusa Line, which was also to be completed in time for the Olympics, fell behind schedule and remained under construction for the duration of the Games.

The line was named after Hibiya Park, which it passes underneath.

Stations

Station Number	Name	Japanese	Transfers	Location (Ward)
H-01	Naka-Meguro	中目黒	Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway: Toyoko Line (through service for Kikuna)	Meguro
H-02	Ebisu	恵比寿	JR East: Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan Shinjuku Line	Shibuya
H-03	Hiroo	広尾		Minato
H-04	Roppongi	六本木	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: ○Ōedo Line(E-23)
H-05	Kamiyachō	神谷町
H-06	Kasumigaseki	霞ヶ関	Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line(M-15), ○Chiyoda Line(C-08)	Chiyoda
H-07	Hibiya	日比谷	Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line(C-09), ○Yurakucho Line(Yurakucho:Y-18) Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: ○Mita Line(I-08) JR East:Yamanote Line (Yurakucho), Keihin-Tohoku Line (Yurakucho)
H-08	Ginza	銀座	Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line, ○Marunouchi Line(M-16)	Chuo
H-09	Higashi-Ginza	東銀座	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: ○Asakusa Line(A-11)
H-10	Tsukiji	築地
H-11	Hacchōbori	八丁堀	East Japan Railway Company: Keiyo Line
H-12	Kayabachō	茅場町	Tokyo Metro: ○Tōzai Line(T-11)
H-13	Ningyōchō	人形町	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: ○Asakusa Line(A-14)
H-14	Kodenmachō	小伝馬町
H-15	Akihabara	秋葉原	East Japan Railway Company: Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chūō Sōbu Line Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company: Tsukuba Express Line(01)	Chiyoda
H-16	Nakaokachimachi	仲御徒町	Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (Ueno-Hirokōji:G-15) Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: ○Ōedo Line (Ueno-Okachimachi:E-09) East Japan Railway Company: Yamanote Line (Okachimachi), Keihin-Tohoku Line (Okachimachi)	Taitō
H-17	Ueno	上野	Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line(G-16) East Japan Railway Company: Tohoku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, Joban Line (Rapid), Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line Keisei Electric Railway: Main Line (Keisei-ueno)
H-18	Iriya	入谷
H-19	Minowa	三ノ輪	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation:Arakawa Line(Minowabashi)
H-20	Minami-Senju	南千住	East Japan Railway Company: Joban Line (Rapid) Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company: Tsukuba Express Line	Arakawa
H-21	Kita-Senju	北千住	Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line East Japan Railway Company: Joban Line (Rapid) Tobu Railway: Isesaki Line(through service for Tobu-Dobutsu-Koen Station) Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company: Tsukuba Express Line	Adachi