Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

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Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
A 02 series train heading to Ikebukuro emerges to cross the Kanda River before enteringOchanomizu Station. (right: JR East Ochanomizu Station with a Chūō Line series 201 to Tokyo)
Gauge:	1435 mm
Voltage:	600 =
Legend 0.0 - M-01 Ogikubo JR-E: Chūō Main, Chūō-Sōbu lines 1.5 - M-02 Minami-Asagaya 2.7 - M-03 Shin-Kōenji 3.6 - M-04 Higashi-Kōenji 4.6 - M-05 Shin-Nakano - 0.0 m-03 Hōnanchō Nakano Depot - 1.3 m-04 Nakano-fujimichō - 1.9 m-05 Nakano-shimbashi 5.7 3.2 M-06 Nakano-sakaue 6.8 M-07 Nishi-Shinjuku Keiō Keiō Line Odakyū Odawara Line JR-E Chūō Sōbu Line JR-E Yamanote Line JR-E Chūō Main Line JR-E Saikyō, Shōnan Shinjuku lines 7.6 M-08 Shinjuku Seibu Shinjuku of Seibu Shinjuku Line 7.9 M-09 Shinjuku-sanchōme 8.6 M-10 Shinjuku-gyoenmae 9.5 M-11 Yotsuya-sanchōme 10.5 M-12 Yotsuya 11.8 M-13 Akasaka-mitsuke 12.7 M-14 Kokkai-gijidōmae 13.4 M-15 Kasumigaseki JR Yamanote, Keihin Tōhoku, Tōkaidō, Sōbu lines JR-C Shinkansen 14.4 M-16 Ginza JR-E Keiyō Line JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR-E Tōhoku, Jōetsu, Nagano Shinkansens JR-E Tōkaidō Main Line JR-E Keihin-Tōhoku Line JR-E Yamamanote Line JR-E Sōbu Line (Rapid) JR-E Chūō Main Line 15.5 M-17 Tokyo 16.1 M-18 Ōtemachi 17.0 M-19 Awajichō Kanda River 17.8 M-20 Ochanomizu 18.6 M-21 Hongō-Sanchōme 19.4 M-22 Kōrakuen Koishikawa Depot 21.2 M-23 Myōgadani 22.4 M-24 Shin-Ōtsuka Seibu Ikebukuro Line JR-E Saikyō, Shōnan Shinjuku lines 24.2 M-25 Ikebukuro Yamanote Line Tōbu Tōjō Line

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.

All stations have been upgraded with a chest-high platform edge safety barriers as of 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.

[edit] 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
M-03	Shin-Kōenji 新高円寺
M-04	Higashi-Kōenji 東高円寺
M-05	Shin-Nakano 新中野		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		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 June 2008). Toei Subway: ○Shinjuku Line(S-02)
M-10	Shinjuku-gyoenmae 新宿御苑前
M-11	Yotsuya-sanchōme 四谷三丁目
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
M-24	Shin-Ōtsuka 新大塚
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		Suginami
m-04	Nakano-fujimichō 中野富士見町		Nakano
m-05	Nakano-shimbashi 中野新橋
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)

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