| Higashi-ginza Station | |
| Native Name: | 東銀座駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 4-10-10-saki (Asakusa Line) 4-12-15-saki (Hibiya Line) |
| Borough: | Ginza District, Chūō City, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Operator: | |
| Line: | |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform (Hibiya Line) 2 side platforms (Asakusa Line) |
| Tracks: | 4 (2 for each line) |
| Structure: | Underground |
| Code: | A-11, H-10 |
| Passengers: | 91,855 daily (Tokyo Metro) 86,726 daily (Toei) |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
is a subway station on the, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei), and on the operated by Tokyo Metro. The Hibiya Line station is subtitled "Kabukiza-mae". The station is located in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Its numbers are A-11 and H-10.
Higashi-ginza station consists of two stations perpendicular to each other: the Toei and Tokyo Metro stations.
Running underneath Higashi-ginza's Asakusa Line station has two platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is for passengers bound for and . Platform 2 is for those traveling in the opposite direction toward and .
The Tokyo Metro component of Higashi-ginza station runs below . On the Hibiya line, an island station serves the two tracks. Platform 3 is for and Naka-Meguro Stations, and trains depart Platform 4 for,, and on the Tobu Skytree Line and Tōbu Nikkō Line.
Higashi-ginza Station opened on February 28, 1963, as a station on Toei Line 1 and Hibiya Line. Later in 1978, Toei Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line.
The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[1]
In fiscal 2019, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 91,855 passengers per day,[2] and Toei Station was used by an average of 86,726 passengers per day.[3]
The station serves the eastern part of the Ginza. In the area are the Kabuki-za, the Shinbashi Enbujō (a theater owned by Shochiku), the Tōgeki (a Shochiku cinema), the Electric Power Development Company, and the Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginza Hotel.