| Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line |
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A train of series 02
heading to Ikebukuro
emerges to cross the Kanda River
before enteringOchanomizu Station.
(right: JR East Ochanomizu Station
with a rapid train of series 201 to Tokyo)
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| Gauge: |
1435 mm |
| Voltage: |
600 = |
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The Marunouchi Line (丸ノ内線, Marunouchi-sen?) of Tokyo Metro is a subway line, part of the Tokyo Metro system in Tokyo, Japan. It is the second line to be built in the city, and the first one constructed after the Second World War. The route is U-shaped, running from Ogikubo Station in the west of the city via the commercial and administrative district of Shinjuku through to the Marunouchi commercial center around Tokyo Station, before turning back and heading to Ikebukuro. The Marunouchi Line's color on maps is red. Its stations carry the letter M followed by a number. A branch line goes to Honancho; its stations have a lowercase m. Its planning line number is Line 4.
Like its older cousin, the Ginza Line, the Marunouchi Line is standard gauge (other Tokyo Metro lines are narrow gauge), and uses the shortest trains in the Metro network, with only six cars. Its age, relatively small train size, and the lack of other subway connections to Shinjuku made it one of the most crowded lines in Tokyo for a long time, although the opening of the Toei Ōedo Line has relieved the problem somewhat. The Marunouchi Line is however the most frequent subway line in Tokyo, with trains timetabled at intervals of 1 minute 50 seconds at peak hours.
Currently, the Marunochi Line is undergoing upgrades to all of its platforms. All stations are being upgraded with a chest-high platform edge safety barriers. All stations are equipped with these barriers, however operation at the Ginza station isn't scheduled to begin until March, 2008.
Though in the central zone of crowded Tokyo, this line runs on ground or higher level at several sections and points. For example, at Yotsuya Station, the bridge across Kanda River near Ochanomizu Station (see image), and Kōrakuen to Myōgadani Station.
The line is operated by the Tōkyō Metro 02 series rolling stock in six-car formations on the main branch, and three-car formations on the Honancho branch.
Stations (Transfers)
| Station number |
Station |
Transfers (Station numbers) |
Ward |
| Main Line |
| M-01 |
Ogikubo 荻窪 |
JR East: Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line |
Suginami |
| M-02 |
Minami-Asagaya 南阿佐ヶ谷 |
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| M-03 |
Shin-Kōenji 新高円寺 |
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| M-04 |
Higashi-Kōenji 東高円寺 |
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| M-05 |
Shin-Nakano 新中野 |
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Nakano |
| M-06 |
Nakano-sakaue 中野坂上 |
Tokyo Metro: ○its Hōnanchō Branch Line (see below)[1]
Toei Subway: ○Ōedo Line (E-30) |
| M-07 |
Nishi-Shinjuku 西新宿 |
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Shinjuku |
| M-08 |
Shinjuku 新宿 |
Toei Subway [2]: ○Ōedo Line (at Shinjuku-nishiguchi) (E-01)
JR East: Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line
Odakyu Electric Railway: Odawara Line
Keio Corporation: Keiō Line, Keio New Line
Seibu Railway: Shinjuku Line (at Seibu-Shinjuku) |
| M-09 |
Shinjuku-sanchōme 新宿三丁目 |
Tokyo Metro:○ Fukutoshin Line (scheduled to open in August 2008).
Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line(S-02) |
| M-10 |
Shinjuku-gyoenmae 新宿御苑前 |
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| M-11 |
Yotsuya-sanchōme 四谷三丁目 |
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| M-12 |
Yotsuya 四ッ谷 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Namboku Line (N-08)
JR East: Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line |
| M-13 |
Akasaka-mitsuke 赤坂見附 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-05), ○Yūrakuchō Line (at Nagatachō) (Y-16), ○Hanzōmon Line (at Nagatachō) (Z-04), ○Namboku Line (at Nagatachō) (N-07) |
Minato |
| M-14 |
Kokkai-gijidōmae 国会議事堂前 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Chiyoda Line (C-07), ○Ginza Line (at Tameike-sannō) (G-06), ○Namboku Line (at Tameike-sannō) (N-06) |
Chiyoda |
| M-15 |
Kasumigaseki 霞ヶ関 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Hibiya Line (H-06), ○Chiyoda Line (C-08) |
| M-16 |
Ginza 銀座 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-09), ○Hibiya Line (H-08) |
Chūō |
| M-17 |
Tokyo 東京 |
JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Line (Rapid), Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yokosuka Line, Sōbu Line (Rapid), Keiyō Line |
Chiyoda |
| M-18 |
Ōtemachi 大手町 |
Tokyo Metro:○Tōzai Line (T-09), ○Chiyoda Line (C-11), ○Hanzōmon Line (Z-08)
Toei Subway:○Mita Line (I-09) |
| M-19 |
Awajichō 淡路町 |
Tokyo Metro:○Chiyoda Line (at Shin-Ochanomizu) (C-12)
Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line (at Ogawamachi) (S-07) |
| M-20 |
Ochanomizu 御茶ノ水 |
JR East : Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line |
Bunkyō |
| M-21 |
Hongō-sanchōme 本郷三丁目 |
Toei Subway: ○Ōedo Line (E-08) |
| M-22 |
Kōrakuen 後楽園 |
Tokyo Metro : ○Namboku Line (N-11)
Toei Subway: ○Mita Line (at Kasuga) (I-12), ○Ōedo Line (at Kasuga) (E-07) |
| M-23 |
Myōgadani 茗荷谷 |
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| M-24 |
Shin-Ōtsuka 新大塚 |
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| M-25 |
Ikebukuro 池袋 |
Tokyo Metro: ○Yūrakuchō Line (Y-09), ○Yūrakuchō New Line [3] (Y-09)
JR East: Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line
Tobu Railway: Tōjō Line
Seibu Railway: Ikebukuro Line |
Toshima |
| Branch Line "Hōnanchō branch line" |
| m-03 |
Hōnanchō 方南町 |
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Suginami |
| m-04 |
Nakano-fujimichō 中野富士見町 |
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Nakano |
| m-05 |
Nakano-shimbashi 中野新橋 |
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| M-06 |
Nakano-sakaue 中野坂上 |
Tokyo Metro: ○its main line (to Ikebukuro or Ogikubo, see above) [4]
Toei Subway:○Ōedo Line (E-30) |
- ^ some trains in morning and night run through between Nakano-fujimichō (on branch line) and Ikebukuro via Nakano-sakaue.
- ^ because of long distance on foot, Tokyo Metro doesn't make its Shinjuku station as transfer point for same name one on Toei Shinjuku Line (S-01), nor Ōedo Line (E-27).
- ^ scheduled to be renamed as "Fukutoshin Line" in August 2008.
- ^ see #1.
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