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Timeline of the Tokyo Metro

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30-12-1927: Ginza Line > Asakusa - Ueno (+2.2 km)
01-01-1930: Ginza Line > Ueno - Manseibashi (+1.7 km)
21-11-1931: Ginza Line > Manseibashi (closed station) - Kanda (+0.6 km)
29-04-1932: Ginza Line > Kanda - Mitsukoshimae (+0.7 km)
24-12-1932: Ginza Line > Mitsukoshimae - Kyobashi (+1.3 km)
03-03-1934: Ginza Line > Kyobashi - Ginza (+0.7 km)
21-06-1934: Ginza Line > Ginza - Shimbashi (+0.9 km)
18-11-1938: Ginza Line > Shimbashi - Omote-sando (+5.0 km)
20-12-1938: Ginza Line > Omote-sando - Shibuya (+1.3 km)
15-01-1939: Ginza Line > Shimbashi (eastbound platform) station added
20-01-1954: Marunouchi Line > Ikebukuro - Ochanomizu (+6.4 km)
20-03-1956: Marunouchi Line > Ochanomizu - Awajicho (+0.8 km)
20-07-1956: Marunouchi Line > Awajicho - Tokyo (+1.5 km)
15-12-1957: Marunouchi Line > Tokyo - Ginza (+1.1 km)
15-10-1958: Marunouchi Line > Ginza - Kasumigaseki (+1.0 km)
15-03-1959: Marunouchi Line > Kasumigaseki - Shinjuku (+5.8 km)
08-02-1961: Marunouchi Line > Shinjuku - Shin-nakano / Nakano-fujimicho (+4.9 km)
28-03-1961: Hibiya Line > Naka-okachimachi - Minami-senju (+3.7 km)
01-11-1961: Marunouchi Line > Shin-nakano - Minami-asagaya (+3.1 km)
23-01-1962: Marunouchi Line > Minami-asagaya - Ogikubo (+1.5 km)
23-03-1962: Ogikubo Line (Marunouchi Line) > Nakano-fujimicho - Honancho (+1.3 km)
31-05-1962: Hibiya Line > Naka-okachimachi - Ningyocho (+2.5 km) and Minami-senju - Kita-senju (+2.5 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tobu Railway Isesaki Line]
28-02-1963: Hibiya Line > Ningyocho - Higashi-ginza (+3.0 km)
25-03-1964: Hibiya Line > Kasumigaseki - Ebisu (+6.0 km)
22-07-1964: Hibiya Line > Ebisu - Naka-meguro (+1.0 km)
29-08-1964: Hibiya Line > Kasumigaseki - Higashi-ginza (+2.0 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tokyu Corporation Toyoko Line]
18-09-1964: Marunouchi Line > Higashi-koenji station added
23-12-1964: Tozai Line > Takadanobaba - Kundashita (+4.8 km)
16-03-1966: Tozai Line > Takadanobaba - Nakano (+3.9 km) and Kundashita - Takebashi (+1.0 km)
28-04-1966: Tozai Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the East Japan Railway Chuo Line]
20-07-1966: Marunouchi Line > Tokyo and Otemachi stations added
14-09-1967: Tozai Line > Otemachi - Toyocho (+5.1 km)
29-03-1969: Tozai Line > Toyocho - Nishi-funabashi (+13.7 km)
08-04-1969: Tozai Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the East Japan Railway Sobu Line Local]
20-12-1969: Chiyoda Line > Otemachi - Kita-senju (+10.9 km)
20-03-1971: Chiyoda Line > Otemachi - Kasumigaseki (+2.2 km)
20-04-1971: Chiyoda Line > Kita-senju - Ayase (+2.6 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the East Japan Railway Joban Line Local]
20-12-1972: Chiyoda Line > Kasumigaseki - Yoyogi-koen (+6.0 km)
30-10-1974: Yurakucho Line > Ginza-itchome - Ikebukuro (+10.2 km)
31-03-1978: Chiyoda Line > Yoyogi-koen - Yoyogi-uehara (+1.0 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line]
01-08-1978: Hanzomon Line > Aoyama-itchome - Shibuya (+2.7 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tokyu Corporation Den-en-toshi Line]
21-09-1979: Hanzomon Line > Aoyama-itchome - Nagatacho (+1.4 km)
01-10-1979: Tozai Line > Nishi-kaisai station added
20-12-1979: Chiyoda Line > Ayase - Kita-ayase (+2.1 km)
27-03-1980: Yurakucho Line > Ginza-itchome - Shintomicho (+0.7 km)
27-03-1981: Tozai Line > Minami-gyotoku station added
09-12-1982: Hanzomon Line > Nagatacho - Hanzomon (+1.0 km)
24-06-1983: Yurakucho Line > Ikebukuro - Chikatetsu-narimasu (+9.3 km)
01-10-1983: Yurakucho Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the Seibu Railway Yurakucho Line]
25-08-1987: Yurakucho Line > Chikatetsu-narimasu - Wakoshi (+2.2 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tobu Railway Tojo Line]
08-06-1988: Yurakucho Line > Shintomicho - Shin-kiba (+5.9 km)
26-01-1989: Hanzomon Line > Hanzomon - Mitsukoshimae (+4.4 km)
28-11-1990: Hanzomon Line > Mitsukoshimae - Suitengumae (+1.3 km)
29-11-1991: Namboku Line > Komagome - Akabane-iwabuchi (+6.3 km)
07-12-1994: Yurakucho New Line (Fukutoshin Line) > Ikebukuro - Kotake-mukaihara (+3.2 km)
26-03-1996: Namboku Line > Komagome - Yotsuya (+7.1 km)
27-04-1996: Tozai Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the Toyo Rapid Railway Toyo Rapid Line]
28-05-1996: Marunouchi Line > Nishi-shinjuku station added
30-09-1997: Namboku Line > Yotsuya - Tameike-sanno (+2.2 km)
26-03-1998: Yurakucho Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the Seibu Railway Ikebukuro Line]
22-01-2000: Tozai Line > Myoden station added
26-09-2000: Namboku Line > Tameike-sanno - Meguro (+5.7 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tokyu Corporation Meguro Line]
31-03-2001: Namboku Line > [start of reciprocal through-service with the Saitama Railway Saitama Railway Line]
19-03-2003: Hanzomon Line > Suitengumae - Oshiage (+6.1 km) [and start of reciprocal through-service with the Tobu Railway Isesaki Line]
14-06-2008: Fukutoshin Line > Ikebukuro - Shibuya (+8.9 km), also Kanamecho and Senkawa stations added [and start of through-service with the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line]
16-03-2013: Fukutoshin Line > [start of through-service with the Seibu Railway Yurakucho Line, the Tobu Railway Tojo Line and the Tokyu Corporation Toyoko Line]
16-03-2013: Hibiya Line > [reciprocal through-service with the Tokyu Corporation Toyoko Line] service withdrawn






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This page was added on June 12, 2013