Nagatacho Station
Y16 Z04 N07 · Yurakucho Line, Hanzomon Line, and Namboku Line · Chiyoda
Nagatacho Station (永田町)
Nagatacho is stacked rather than spread out. Ticket halls occupy the first basement level, the Namboku Line the third, the Yurakucho Line the fourth and the Hanzomon Line the sixth, each with an island platform — so a change between two lines in the same station can involve more vertical travel than the journey that follows.
They were assembled over twenty-three years. Y16 came first, on 30 October 1974, with the original Yurakucho Line between Ikebukuro and Ginza-itchome. Z04 opened on 21 September 1979 as the end of the Hanzomon Line’s run from Nagatsuta on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, and stayed a terminus until the line was pushed on to Hanzomon on 9 December 1982. N07 completed the set on 30 September 1997. A passage from the end of the Hanzomon platform also reaches Akasaka-mitsuke, so the Ginza and Marunouchi lines count as part of the same interchange.
Finding Nagatacho 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 Nagatacho
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 Nagatacho
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakuchoY16 towards Shin-kiba | 05:15 – 00:15 | 05:15 – 00:15 |
| YYurakuchoY16 towards Wakoshi | 05:17 – 00:18 to Ikebukuro | 05:17 – 00:18 to Ikebukuro |
| ZHanzomonZ04 towards Oshiage (Skytree) | 05:22 – 00:19 to Kiyosumi-shirakawa | 05:22 – 00:00 to Kiyosumi-shirakawa |
| ZHanzomonZ04 towards Shibuya | 05:16 – 00:32 | 05:16 – 00:17 |
| NNambokuN07 towards Akabane-iwabuchi | 05:15 – 00:12 | 05:15 – 00:12 to Komagome |
| NNambokuN07 towards Meguro | 05:16 to Shirokane-takanawa – 00:26 | 05:16 to Shirokane-takanawa – 00:26 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | 22 trains/hour (about one every 2.7 min) | 12 trains/hour |
| ZHanzomon | 26 trains/hour (about one every 2.3 min) | 14 trains/hour |
| NNamboku | 18 trains/hour (about one every 3.3 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Nagatacho
Scheduled running time between Nagatacho and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | Y15Kojimachi | 2 min |
| YYurakucho | Y17Sakuradamon | 2 min |
| ZHanzomon | Z03Aoyama-itchome | 2 min |
| ZHanzomon | Z05Hanzomon | 2 min |
| NNamboku | N06Tameike-sanno | 1 min |
| NNamboku | N08Yotsuya | 3 min |
Transfers and connections
- Subway: transfer between Yurakucho Line, Hanzomon Line, and Namboku Line.
- Walking transfer: Akasaka-mitsuke (Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line), an official transfer between two separately named stations, about 4 minutes on foot — our estimate from the distance, not an operator figure.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
| ZHanzomon | Yes | Not listed | Yes | 10 |
| NNamboku | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10 |
- Yurakucho Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 5. 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 Nagatacho Station?
The name is shorthand for Japanese politics, and the station serves the institutions directly: the Diet, the National Diet Library, the Supreme Court and the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party, with the official residences of the speakers of both houses 60 m and 170 m from the exits. Hotel New Otani, Tokyo Garden Terrace, the Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho and the Prudential Tower are the commercial neighbors, and Hie Shrine lies about 380 m away. Hibiya High School is roughly 240 m from the gates.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Hie Shrine 日枝神社 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| Mebaenoniwa 芽生えの庭 | 330 m | about 5 min |
| Engei Theatre 演芸場 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| Fujidana 藤棚 | 380 m | about 6 min |
| キヨ・サカグチ・メモリアルパーク | 240 m | about 4 min |
| Thousand Torii | 360 m | about 6 min |
| 赤坂RED/THEATER | 400 m | about 6 min |
| Sabo Kaikan Main Hall 砂防会館 | 170 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
For transfer purposes, yes. An underground passage runs from the end of the Hanzomon Line platform to Akasaka-mitsuke, where the Ginza and Marunouchi lines call, and the two names are treated as one interchange. The walking time shown above is our estimate, not the operator’s figure.
The Hanzomon Line, on the sixth basement level. Above it are the Yurakucho Line on the fourth and the Namboku Line on the third, with the ticket halls on the first — four levels of station, which is worth allowing for when you plan a connection here.