Kanamechō Station

Kanamecho Station (要町駅, Kanamechō-eki) is a subway station in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Y08 F08 Kanamecho Station 要町駅
Tokyo Metro station
Exit3 in November 2018
General information
Location	1-10 Kanamecho, Toshima, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Y Yūrakuchō Line F Fukutoshin Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 for each line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	F-08, Y-08
History
Opened	24 June 1983; 42 years ago (24 June 1983)
Passengers
2015	38,475 daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Senkawa Y07 F07 towards Wakoshi Yūrakuchō Line Ikebukuro Y09 towards Shin-kiba Fukutoshin Line Local Ikebukuro F09 towards Shibuya
Location Kanamechō Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kanamechō Station Kanamechō Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Kanamechō Station Kanamechō Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kanamechō Station Kanamechō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kanamechō Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (station number "Y-08") and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (station number "F-08").

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms on different levels. The Yurakucho Line platform (tracks 1 and 2) is located on the second basement ("B2F") level, while the Fukutoshin Line platform (tracks 3 and 4) is located on the third basement ("B3F") level. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.^[1]

Platforms

1	Y Yūrakuchō Line	for Ikebukuro, Yūrakuchō, and Shin-Kiba
2	Y Yūrakuchō Line	for Wakōshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Kawagoeshi, and Shinrinkōen
3	F Fukutoshin Line	for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku-sanchōme, and Shibuya TY Tōyoko Line for Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai Sōtetsu Izumino Line for Shōnandai via SH Shin-yokohama Line
4	F Fukutoshin Line	for Wakōshi TJ Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Kawagoeshi, and Shinrinkōen

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  Yurakucho Line platform
• 
  Fukutoshin Line platform

History

The station opened on 24 June 1983, serving the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line. The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line also started operating through this station on 14 June 2008.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[2]

Waist-height platform edge doors were installed in January 2011.^[1]