Gaiemmae Station

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Gaiemmae Station (外苑前駅, Gaienmae-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

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Tokyo Metro:

G Ginza Line

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

History

The station opened as Tokyo Rapid Railway Aoyama-yonchōme Station on November 18, 1938, and was renamed Gaiemmae in 1939. The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

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