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The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (東京地下鉄銀座線) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. Its color on maps is orange. Stations on this line carry the letter G followed by a number.

It is the oldest underground railway line in Japan: the portion between Ueno and Asakusa was completed by the Tokyo Underground Railway on December 30, 1927. The line reached Shibuya in 1939, although the segment west of Aoyama-itchome was operated by a separate company, Tokyo Rapid Railway, from 1937 to the TRTA's consolidation in 1941.

The 14.3 km line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chuo, Chiyoda, and Taito.

The Ginza Line and the Marunouchi Line run on standard gauge (1435 mm) rails; the other Tokyo Metro lines run on narrow gauge (1067 mm) rails.

Station No.	Station	Transfers
G-01	Shibuya Station	Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Keio Inokashira Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Yamanote Line
G-02	Omote-sando Station	Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
G-03	Gaien-mae Station
G-04	Aoyama-itchome Station	Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Toei Oedo Line
G-05	Akasaka-Mitsuke Station	Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line At Nagatacho: Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
G-06	Tameike-Sanno Station	Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, At Kokkai-gijidomae:Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
G-07	Toranomon Station
G-08	Shimbashi Station	Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokaido Line, Yamanote Line, Yokosuka Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Yurikamome
G-09	Ginza Station	Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
G-10	Kyobashi Station
G-11	Nihombashi Station	Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Toei Asakusa Line
G-12	Mitsukoshimae Station	Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line At Shin-Nihombashi: Sobu Line
G-13	Kanda Station	Chuo Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Yamanote Line
G-14	Suehirocho Station
G-15	Ueno-hirokoji Station	At Nakaokachimachi: Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line At Ueno-Okachimachi: Toei Oedo Line
G-16	Ueno Station	Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Joetsu Shinkansen, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Joban Line, Nagano Shinkansen, Takasaki Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Yamanote Line At Keisei Ueno:Keisei Main Line
G-17	Inaricho Station
G-18	Tawaramachi Station
G-19	Asakusa Station	Toei Asakusa Line, Tobu Isesaki Line

Categories: Railway lines of Japan

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Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Information (590 words)
	The line was extended to Shinbashi, its original plan length, in 1934 after a delay caused by inadequate capital in the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
	The "Ginza Line" name was applied in 1953 to distinguish the line from the new Marunouchi Line.
	Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Keio Inokashira Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, Tokyu Toyoko Line, Yamanote Line

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