Kiba Station
T13 · Tozai Line · Koto
Kiba Station (木場)
Soft ground under the Fukagawa canals shaped everything about Kiba. The 1,770.06 m of tunnel between Monzen-nakacho and Toyocho, this station included, was driven as a full-circle single-track shield — the first time the Teito Rapid Transit Authority used the method, and at the time the face was still cut by hand rather than by machine. The launch pits for the shield machines, one at either end, were kept and reused as the station structure, so the platform at T13 stands inside the circular tunnel itself, about 22.4 m down, the lowest point on the Tozai Line, and only some 3 m wide on each side. Stairs and escalators reach the concourse at the two ends of the platform and nowhere else.
Kiba opened on 14 September 1967 and has been rebuilt in pieces since. The original white lining gave way in the early 1980s to the bare shield structure on the track side; a second refit in 1998–99 added white panels there and white and gray tiling on the platform side, with a black illustration of Kiba’s kakunori log-riding and the letters KIBA near the stairs. Departure melodies followed in 2015, and trains carry on past the subway onto JR East and Toyo Rapid tracks.
Finding Kiba 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 Kiba
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 Kiba
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TTozai | 25 trains/hour (about one every 2.4 min) | 15 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Kiba
Scheduled running time between Kiba and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| TTozai | T12Monzen-nakacho | 2 min |
| TTozai | T14Toyocho | 2 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Tozai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTozai | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
- Tozai Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 4a, 4b. 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 Kiba Station?
This is a working corner of Koto rather than a sightseeing stop. Kiba Park and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo are what most visitors come out for; the Fukagawa police and fire stations, an elementary school and Kiba Hospital, about 200 m away, account for much of the rest of the traffic, with two small neighborhood parks within 300 m. Toei keeps its Kiba rolling stock depot for the Oedo Line nearby, although no Oedo Line train stops here.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 東陽一丁目第一公園 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| 州崎川緑道公園 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Kiba Hospital 修世会木場病院 | 210 m | about 3 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
About 22.4 m below the street, the lowest platform on the Tozai Line. It was built inside the circular shield tunnel bored through the soft ground here, which is also why it feels tight: roughly 3 m of width on each side of the tracks, with the exits grouped at the two ends.
Near the stairs the wall carries a black drawing of kakunori, the log-riding associated with Kiba, next to the letters KIBA. It dates from the second refurbishment in 1998–99, when white panels went up on the track side and white and gray tiles on the platform side.