Kanamecho Station (要町駅, Kanamechō-eki) is a subway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Y08 F08
Kanamecho Station

要町駅
Tokyo Metro station
Exit3 in November 2018
General information
Location1-10 Kanamecho, Toshima, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byThe logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms (1 for each line)
Tracks4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeF-08, Y-08
History
Opened24 June 1983; 41 years ago (24 June 1983)
Passengers
201538,475 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Senkawa
Y07 F07
towards Wakoshi
Yūrakuchō Line Ikebukuro
Y09
towards Shin-kiba
Fukutoshin Line
Local
Ikebukuro
F09
towards Shibuya
Location
Kanamechō Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Kanamechō Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Kanamechō Station is located in Tokyo
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station (Tokyo)
Kanamechō Station is located in Japan
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station
Kanamechō Station (Japan)

Lines

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Kanamechō Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (station number "Y-08") and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (station number "F-08").

Station layout

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The station consists of two island platforms on different levels. The Yurakucho Line platform (tracks 1 and 2) is located on the second basement ("B2F") level, while the Fukutoshin Line platform (tracks 3 and 4) is located on the third basement ("B3F") level. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.[1]

Platforms

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1 Y Yūrakuchō Line for Ikebukuro, Yūrakuchō, and Shin-Kiba
2 Y Yūrakuchō Line for Wakōshi
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Kawagoeshi, and Shinrinkōen
3 F Fukutoshin Line
4 F Fukutoshin Line for Wakōshi
TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Kawagoeshi, and Shinrinkōen

History

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The station opened on 24 June 1983, serving the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line. The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line also started operating through this station on 14 June 2008.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[2]

Waist-height platform edge doors were installed in January 2011.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 有楽町線:和光市駅に設置! [Installation at Yurakucho Line Wakoshi Station] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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