Kayabacho Station
H13 T11 · Hibiya Line and Tozai Line · Chuo
Kayabacho Station (茅場町)
The two lines cross at right angles here but the station is L-shaped rather than T-shaped, and the reason is a river. When the Hibiya Line platforms opened on 28 February 1963, about 39 m of the future Tozai Line station box had already been built at the crossing; the Kameshima river to the east then made it impossible to centre the Tozai platform on the Hibiya one, so the structure was wrapped around the Kayabacho junction instead. The Tozai Line platform opened on 14 September 1967.
Crowding has shaped everything since. A major rebuilding between 1981 and 1984 widened the Hibiya Line platform and concourse and added stairs and escalators, and the growth of the eastern suburbs brought the problem back: the Hibiya Line platform was widened again by fiscal 2016 and the Tozai Line platform extended 40 m toward Monzen-nakacho with new stairs and escalators by fiscal 2022. The 2025 survey counted 115,870 entries and exits a day across the two lines. Reserved-seat TH Liner trains call here but take passengers in one direction only on each run.
Finding Kayabacho 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 Kayabacho
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 Kayabacho
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiyaH13 towards Kita-senju | 05:11 – 00:13 | 05:12 – 00:13 |
| HHibiyaH13 towards Naka-meguro | 05:18 – 00:10 | 05:18 – 00:10 |
| TTozaiT11 towards Nishi-funabashi | 05:24 – 00:16 to Myoden | 05:24 – 00:16 to Myoden |
| TTozaiT11 towards Nakano | 05:06 – 00:10 | 05:06 – 00:10 |
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?
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Kayabacho
Scheduled running time between Kayabacho and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| HHibiya | H12Hatchobori | 2 min |
| HHibiya | H14Ningyocho | 2 min |
| TTozai | T12Monzen-nakacho | 3 min |
| TTozai | T10Nihombashi | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
- Subway: transfer between Hibiya Line and Tozai Line.
Accessibility
- Hibiya Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 10, 1a, 4a. 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 Kayabacho Station?
This is the southern edge of Nihonbashi, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange stands about 340 m from an exit in Kabutocho, the quarter that grew up around it. The Kabutocho Kayabacho Machikado Museum is roughly 200 m away and the Soy Sauce Centre around 340 m, with Chisen-in about 140 m and Sakamotocho Park some 200 m from the gates. An out-of-gate passage runs from the Tozai Line concourse to Toei’s Nihombashi station, though it is not a recognized transfer and no discount applies.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Chisen-in Temple 智泉院 | 140 m | about 2 min |
| 新川大神宮 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Sakamotocho Park 坂本町公園 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Kabutocho Kayabacho Machikado Museum 兜町・茅場町まちかど展示館 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Soy Sauce Centre (Shoyu Kaikan) 醤油会館 | 340 m | about 5 min |
| RECTO VERSO GALLERY レクトヴァーソギャラリー | 170 m | about 3 min |
| 純子稲荷神社 | 230 m | about 4 min |
| 霊岸橋児童遊園 | 240 m | about 4 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.