Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line

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Hanzōmon Line 08 series rolling stock
Hanzōmon Line 08 series rolling stock
Hanzōmon Line (Click on image to enlarge)
Hanzōmon Line (Click on image to enlarge)
A Connecting information board
A Connecting information board

The Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (東京地下鉄半蔵門線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Hanzōmon-sen?) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. Its color on maps is purple. Stations on the Hanzōmon Line carry the letter Z followed by a number.

The 16.8 km line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō and Sumida. Hanzōmon Line trains interoperate with the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line from Shibuya Station and with the Tōbu Isesaki Line from Oshiage Station. Through-service trains between Tōkyū Chūō-Rinkan and Tōbu Minami-Kurihashi cover a total distance of 98.5 km in a single run.

The Hanzōmon Line has interchanges with all other Tokyo Metro and Toei lines, except the Hibiya Line, but you can transfer to it on the Tobu Isesaki Line through service at Kita-Senju Station. It interchanges with the Ginza Line at four stations.

The line is named after the west gate of the Imperial Palace (Hanzōmon), which in turn is named after ninjutsu master Hattori Hanzō.

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[edit] Development

The Hanzōmon Line was first planned in 1971, along with the Chiyoda Line and Yūrakuchō Line, as a reliever line for the heavily congested Ginza Line. Its initial routing was from Futako-Tamagawa Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line to a new station in the Fukagawa district of Kōtō Ward. In 1985, a second draft plan from the Ministry of Transportation moved the Hanzōmon Line's final terminus to Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. During the planning stage, it was known as Line 11.

Construction began in 1972 and most of the line was expected to open in 1975. However, the poor economy in Japan had depressed the Teito Rapid Transit Authority's receipts during that time, which considerably delayed the construction of new lines. In 1978, the first section of the Hanzōmon Line opened, from Shibuya to Aoyama-itchōme, and through service with the Den-en-toshi Line commenced.

The line was extended to Nagatachō in 1979 without major incident. However, the next extension posed political problems, as the original plan had the line run directly under the Imperial Palace to Ōtemachi. TRTA decided to divert the route around the north side of the Imperial Palace, which required the construction of three new stations. An eminent domain battle erupted with landowners along the proposed route, which delayed the completion of the next stage of the line. Hanzomon Station opened in 1982, and the full extension around the Imperial Palace, terminating at Mitsukoshi-mae, was completed in 1989.

Since then, there have been further extensions to Suitengu-mae (1990) and finally Oshiage (2003). The Ministry of Transportation estimated in 2000 that the line would be completed (i.e. extended to Matsudo) in 2015. However, Tokyo Metro stated in its initial public offering that its construction operations would cease once the Fukutoshin Line is completed, which casts some doubt as to whether the Matsudo extension will actually be built.

[edit] Stations

Station No. Station Transfers
Z-01 Shibuya
渋谷		 ○Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line*, Keiō Inokashira Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line, Tōkyū Tōyoko Line, Yamanote Line
Z-02 Omotesandō
表参道		 Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Z-03 Aoyama-itchōme
青山一丁目		 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Ōedo Line
Z-04 Nagatachō
永田町		 Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line
At Akasaka-Mitsuke - Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Z-05 Hanzōmon
半蔵門
Z-06 Kudanshita
九段下		 Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line, Toei Shinjuku Line
Z-07 Jimbōchō
神保町		 Toei Shinjuku Line, Toei Mita Line
Z-08 Ōtemachi
大手町		 Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Mita Line
Z-09 Mitsukoshimae
三越前		 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
At Shin-Nihombashi - Sōbu Line
Z-10 Suitengumae
水天宮前
Z-11 Kiyosumi-shirakawa
清澄白河		 Toei Ōedo Line
Z-12 Sumiyoshi
住吉		 Toei Shinjuku Line
Z-13 Kinshichō
錦糸町		 Sōbu Line
Z-14 Oshiage
押上		 Tōbu Isesaki Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Keisei Oshiage Line
  • Note: The Ginza and Hanzōmon Line stations at Shibuya are not directly connected, so a new ticket is required in order to transfer; Omotesandō, where the two lines run on the same platforms, is a more convenient transfer point.

[edit] Rolling stock

[edit] Current fleet

Class Image Top speed
(km/h)		 Number Built
Tōkyō Metro 08 series 120 10-car x6 2002 - 2003
Tōkyō Metro 8000 series 100 10-car x19 1980 - 1994
Tōkyū 2000 series 120 10-car x3 1992 - 1993
Tōkyū 5000 series 120 10-car x14 2002 -
Tōkyū 8500 series 120 10-car x33 1975 - 1991
Tōkyū 8590 series 120 10-car x2 1980 - 1989
Tōbu 30000 series 120 4+6-car x6 1996 - 2003
Tōbu 50050 series 120 10-car x10 2005 -


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