Suehirocho Station
G14 · Ginza Line · Chiyoda
Suehirocho Station (末広町)
Suehirocho opened on New Year’s Day 1930, on the Tokyo Underground Railway’s extension from Ueno towards Manseibashi — at first a single-track stub with a crossover beyond the platform. The company’s lines passed to the public TRTA in September 1941, and the station has kept its layout from that first era: two side platforms on the first basement level with no concourse joining them.
That is the practical thing to know about G14. Each platform has its own pair of street exits, 1 and 2 for one and 3 and 4 for the other, one at each corner of the crossing where Chuo-dori meets Kuramaebashi-dori, and a passenger who comes down on the wrong side has to go back up and cross the road. The platform walls carry appliance and circuit motifs, a nod to the electronics district that begins here. Tokyo Metro counted 30,022 passengers a day in 2025.
Finding Suehirocho on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Suehirocho
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Suehirocho
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| GGinza | 27 trains/hour (about one every 2.2 min) | 20 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Suehirocho
Scheduled running time between Suehirocho and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| GGinza | G13Kanda | 2 min |
| GGinza | G15Ueno-hirokoji | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Ginza Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGinza | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Ginza Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Suehirocho Station?
This is the northern edge of Akihabara, with few of the big electronics stores: wholesalers have traded in these blocks for decades, joined more recently by shops selling computer parts, games, anime goods and the odd maid café. The 3331 Arts Chiyoda centre is about 170 m from an exit and the 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan arcade about 240 m; the AKB48 Theater is roughly 220 m away and Akihabara UDX about 280 m. Kanda Myojin and its museum stand about 370 m off, with the Horin and Rensei parks the only open ground.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Hanabusa Inari Shrine 花房稲荷神社 | 160 m | about 3 min |
| 3331 Arts Chiyoda アーツ千代田3331 | 170 m | about 3 min |
| Kandadera Temple 神田寺 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Akihabara Dia Stage 秋葉原ディアステージ | 200 m | about 3 min |
| AKB48 Theater AKB48劇場 | 220 m | about 4 min |
| 2k540 AKI-OKA ARTISAN | 240 m | about 4 min |
| Akihabara UDX 秋葉原UDX | 280 m | about 5 min |
| Kanda-myojin 神田明神 | 370 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
No. Suehirocho’s two platforms have no connection behind the gates: each has its own ticket barriers and its own pair of exits. Changing direction means leaving through the gates, crossing Chuo-dori at street level and going in again on the other side.
Not officially. Kanda Suehirocho was the name of the area beside the station until Tokyo’s address reform of 1964 replaced it with Sotokanda. A handful of private buildings keep Suehiro in their names, and so does the station, which is now the main survivor of the old place name.