Nakano-shimbashi Station | |
Native Name: | 中野新橋駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2-26-8 Yayoichō, Nakano, Tokyo |
Country: | Japan |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Underground |
Code: | Mb-05 |
Passengers: | 17,730 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
Map Type: | Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan |
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Nakano-shimbashi Station is served by the Hōnanchō branch of the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from to, and is from Nakano-sakaue.[1] During the daytime, the station is served by 3-car trains shuttling between Nakano-sakaue and Hōnanchō, but during the morning and evening peaks, the station is also served by some 6-car through trains running between on the branch line and at the eastern end of the main line.[1] The station is numbered "Mb-05".
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the second basement (B2F) level. There is a single entrance at the north end of the station, with the ticket vending machines and ticket barriers located at ground level.
Nakano-shimbashi Station opened on 8 February 1961.[2]
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 17,730 passengers daily.[2]
The 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice used Nakano-Shimbashi station as the location for Tiger Tanaka's private transportation hub.[4]