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  Improvement of Shimbashi Sta. Of Ginza line, the East’s First Subway

  The Tokyo Metro opened in December 1927 as the East’s first subway with a 2.2 km stretch from Asakusa to Ueno on the Ginza line. Since then, until the opening of the Fukutoshin Line in June 2008, the Tokyo Metro has expanded to include nine lines and 179 stations over a 195.1 km span of open tracks. The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Shimbashi Station is situated close to the center of the Ginza Line (14.3 km from Asakusa to Shibuya), and one of Tokyo’s most important transportation stations, Shimbashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line is used every day by more than 220,000 passengers getting on or off Ginza Line trains. In addition, at Shimbashi Station, passengers can transfer to JR trains, the Tokyo Metropolitan subway line, or the Yurikamome line. A major problem is that urban redevelopment along the lines in recent years has led to an unexpected increase in passengers on all lines passing through the station. This increase has led to hindrances in the flow of passengers in the station. Likewise, structurally, Shimbashi station is integrated to the bridge supports of Tokyo’s main arteries of the Yamanote line, Keihin Tohoku line and Tokaido line, and is also close to the bridge supports of the Tokaido Shinkansen line. Under this plan, the effect on the bridge supports of the existing railway tracks will be minimized, and the plan discussed in this report has been proposed to mitigate congestion occurring on station platforms, to enhance passenger safety, and to facilitate transfers to other railways. Using simulation of the current flow of users at station, the plan design includes a rearrangement of elevator facilities and major changes in the station layout.

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