is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and the Toei Ōedo Line in Koto, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.
Some trains on both lines terminate and originate at this station.
Station layout Toei platforms The Toei section of the station is composed of two island platforms serving three tracks.
Platforms 2 and 3 serve the same track, with some trains terminating and starting at this platform.
Tokyo Metro platforms The Tokyo Metro section of the station is a single island platform serving two tracks.
History The Toei Ōedo Line station opened on 12 December 2000. The Hanzōmon Line station opened on 19 March 2003.
The station facilities of the Hanzōmon Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was the least used on the Hanzōmon line and the 78th-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network as a whole with an average of 47,192 passengers daily. The least used station by far is Nishigahara station on the Namboku line. Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 17,430 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger statistics for the Tokyo Metro station in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year Daily average 2011 41,938 2012 45,263 2013 47,192
Surrounding area Landmarks in the surrounding area include:
Kiyosumi Garden Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
References
External links
Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station information (Tokyo Metro) Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station information (Toei)