Akasaka-mitsuke Station

For other uses, see Akasaka Station.

Akasaka-mitsuke Station 赤坂見附駅
Platforms 1 and 2, March 2005
Location	3-1-6 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo （東京都港区赤坂3-1-6） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Other information
Station code	G-05, M-13
History
Opened	1938

Akasaka-mitsuke Station (赤坂見附駅, Akasaka-mitsuke-eki) is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Lines

Akasaka-mitsuke Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, providing same-platform transfers between the two lines in the same direction (for example eastbound to eastbound). Reversing directions between the lines is also fairly easy as the eastbound lines are stacked above the westbound lines. It is also connected by underground passageways to Nagatacho, which is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, and it is possible to transfer between the two stations without passing through the ticket gates.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks. The Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line share platforms at this station.

1	○ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Omotesandō and Shibuya
2	○ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Yotsuya, Shinjuku, and Ogikubo
3	○ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line	for Toranomon, Ginza, Nihombashi, Ueno, and Asakusa
4	○ Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line	for Kasumigaseki, Ginza, Ōtemachi, and Ikebukuro

File:Rail Tracks map Tokyo Metro Akasaka-mitsuke Station.svg

Track diagram of the station

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-05)
Aoyama-itchōme (G-04)			Tameike-Sannō (G-06)
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-13)
Yotsuya (M-12)			Kokkai-gijidōmae (M-14)

History

The Ginza Line station opened on 18 November 1938. The Marunouchi Line station opened on 15 March 1959.

Surrounding area

• Akasaka Palace
• Akasaka Prince Hotel
• Hotel New Otani

External links

• Tokyo Metro station information (Japanese)