Timetable information
Weekday departures: 771/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 394/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:08 / 24:21 (00:21 next day)
Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (67)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 28 April 2026 to 5 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.
Lines where the timetable data is complete: Toei Asakusa Line
Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line: timetable data withheld pending licensing
Location
History
Higashi-ginza Station opened on 28 February 1963 as a joint Toei Line 1 and Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line station, with the two operators sharing ticketing operations from day one. Toei's Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line on 1 July 1978. Privatisation moved the Hibiya Line platform to Tokyo Metro on 1 April 2004, and PASMO acceptance began on 18 March 2007. Departure melodies entered service in March 2019 on the Asakusa Line and February 2020 on the Hibiya Line. The Toei side numbers its platforms consecutively with the Tokyo Metro side — an unusual courtesy between two separate operators in Japan.
Notes
Higashi-ginza is one of the very few interchanges in Japan where two different operators agreed to number their platforms consecutively rather than restarting each company's count.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-06-09