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Ogaki Station: The Seino Railway opened a 3 km (1.9 mi) line from Mino-Akasaka to Ichihashi in 1928, and operated a passenger service from 1930 to 1945. [ citation needed ] Arao Station (on the Mino Akasaka branch): A 2 km (1.2 mi) freight-only line to the Mino Okubo limestone quarry operated between 1928 and 1990.
1: G Ginza Line: for Akasaka-mitsuke, Omote-sando, and Shibuya: 2: G Ginza Line for Nihombashi, Ueno, and Asakusa: 3: M Marunouchi Line: for Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Ogikubo, and Hōnanchō: 4: M Marunouchi Line for Otemachi, Korakuen, and Ikebukuro: 5: H Hibiya Line: for Roppongi and Naka-meguro: 6: H Hibiya Line for Ueno and Kita-senju
The 16.8 km (10.4 mi) line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō, and Sumida.Despite being shorter in length than nearly all other Tokyo subway lines, the Hanzōmon Line operates some of the longest through services with private railways – namely Tōkyū Corporation and Tobu Railway.
In a 1925 plan for a five-line subway system, the Marunouchi Line was planned to run from Shinjuku to Ōtsuka via Hibiya, Tsukiji and Okachimachi, as a 20 km (12 mi) underground route. A 1.2 km (0.75 mi) segment between Akasaka-mitsuke and Yotsuya began construction in 1942, but was abandoned in 1944 as a result of the continuing effects of ...
Both the Ginza Line and the Marunouchi Line are the only Tokyo Metro lines to use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge and third rail electrification, while subsequent lines employ narrow gauge (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) rails and 1,500 V DC overhead power supply to accommodate through services.
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 the only Tokyo Metro line to extend into Chiba Prefecture (although the Shinjuku Line operated by Toei also extends into Chiba Prefecture.) It also runs above-ground for 14 km (8.7 mi) from Minami-Sunamachi to Nishi-Funabashi , nearly half of the line and longer than any other railway line in the Tokyo subway network.
Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Residence 1 (North) 245 (804) 66 2007 2010 Shinjuku: Residences 1 and 2 would have become the tallest residential buildings in Japan upon completion; Relaunched as the proposed 229 m (751 ft) North Tower [275] [290] Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Residence 2 (South) 245 (804) 66 2007 2010 Shinjuku