History
The Marunouchi Line is the second subway line to be built in the city, and the first to be constructed after the Second World War. Its design similar to that of the Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Tokyo. Both lines are standard gauge and utilize third-rail power, unlike most Tokyo subway lines.
The first section was opened between Ikebukuro and Ochanomizu on 20 January 1954. The subsequent progress of the line is as follows:
- Ochanomizu to Awajichō: March 1956
- Awajichō to Tokyo: July 1956
- Tokyo to Nishi-Ginza (now Ginza): December 1957
- Nishi-Ginza to Kasumigaseki: October 1958
- Kasumigaseki to Shinjuku: March 1959
- Shinjuku to Shin-Nakano/Nakano-Fujumichō (not Nishi-Shinjuku): February 1961
- Shin-Nakano to Minami-Asagaya (not Higashi-Kōenji): November 1961
- Minami-Asagaya to Ogikubo: January 23, 1962
- Nakano-Fujimichō to Hōnachō: March 23, 1962
- Nishi-Ginza becomes part of Ginza when Hibiya Line reaches there: August 1964
- Higashi-Kōenji opens (between Shin-Nakano and Shin-Kōenji) : September 1964
- Prior to April 1, 1972 the section west of Shinjuku was known as the Ogikubo Line. The Marunouchi Line name applied to the whole line after that date.
- Nishi-Shinjuku opens (between Shinjuku and Nakano-Sakaue) May 1996.
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