Ningyōchō Station

is a subway station on the Template:Lnl (operated by Tokyo Metro) and the Template:Lnl (operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation). It is located in the Ningyocho neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.

Station layout

On the Hibiya Line, Ningyocho Station has two platforms separated by two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers traveling toward Template:STN and Naka-meguro Stations. Track 2 serves those heading toward Template:STN and Kita-senju Stations.

On the Asakusa Line, Ningyocho Station has an island platform between the two tracks. Track 3 carries trains to Template:STN and Nishi-magome Stations. Trains stopping at Track 4 go toward Template:STN and Oshiage Station.

History

Ningyocho Station opened on May 31, 1962, as a station on the Hibiya Line. The Asakusa Line (then known as Toei Line 1) station opened on September 30, 1962.

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

Surrounding area

The station serves the Ningyocho neighborhood. Nearby are the headquarters of Nisshinbo Industries, and Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. Suitengumae Station on the Template:Lnl is about Template:Cvt away from Ningyocho Station—approximately a 6-minute walk.

References

• This article incorporates material from the article 人形町駅 (Ningyocho Eki) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved December 15, 2007.