Hongō-sanchōme Station

Hongō-sanchōme Station (本郷三丁目駅, Hongō-sanchōme-eki) is a railway station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. Part of the station originally lay within the Hongō-sanchōme district of Bunkyō Ward when the station was first opened, but following rezoning in 1965, the address of the station became Hongō-nichōme.

Lines

• Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, station number M-21
• Toei Ōedo Line, station number E-08

There is no direct connection between the platforms, so transfers require surfacing and re-entering. It is easier to change at Korakuen.

Platforms

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Marunouchi Line ticket gates

Tokyo Metro

1	○ Marunouchi Line	Shinjuku, and Ogikubo
2	○ Marunouchi Line	Kōrakuen, and Ikebukuro

Toei

1	○ Toei Ōedo Line	Iidabashi, and Tochōmae
2	○ Toei Ōedo Line	Ryōgoku, and Daimon

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-21)
Ochanomizu (M-20)		-	Kōrakuen (M-22)
Toei Oedo Line (E-08)
Kasuga (E-07)		-	Ueno-Okachimachi (E-09)

History

• 20 January 1954: The Marunouchi Line station opens.
• 1 April 1965: The station address becomes Hongō-nichōme.
• 12 December 2000: The Toei Ōedo Line station opens.

External links

• Tokyo Metro Hongō-sanchōme Station information (Japanese)
• Toei Hongō-sanchōme Station information (Japanese)