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The Tōkyō Metoro Hibiya-sen is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color silver, and its stations are given numbers using the letter "H".
The Hibiya Line became the first line operated by Tokyo Metro to offer through train with a private railway, and the second Tokyo subway line overall after the Toei Asakusa Line. It is connected to the Tobu Skytree Line at , and through services operate between Naka-Meguro and on the Tobu Skytree Line, and onward to on the Tobu Nikko Line.Tobu Timetable, 16 March 2013, p.177-188 Some peak-hour services terminate at , or on the Tobu Skytree Line. Despite its name, the through service does not stop anywhere near the Tokyo Skytree.
The line is the first subway line overall to use narrow gauge (as previous lines used standard gauge), and all subsequent lines operated by Tokyo Metro were built to this gauge to accommodate through services. (Of all subway lines built since the Hibiya Line, only the Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, Asakusa, Shinjuku, and Ōedo lines were not built to this gauge.)
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as of June 2009 the Hibiya Line is the eighth most crowded subway line in Tokyo, running at 164% capacity between Minowa Station and Iriya stations. Metropolis, "Commute", June 12, 2009, p. 07. Capacity is defined as all passengers having a seat or a strap or door railing to hold on to.
On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color silver, and its stations are numbered with the prefix "H".
As the old trains which have mixture of three and five doors per car have been retired, platform gates are now being installed as of 14 April 2020 with unified door arrangements of four doors per car. This also reflects with the reduction of eight-car train to seven-car trainset due to the longer per car trainset instead of the older per car trainset, which resulted in 1% reduction in capacity per train.
A reserved seat limited stop Home Liner service known as the TH Liner commenced service since 6 June 2020 and stop at selected stations along the Hibiya Line and the Tobu lines.
Tokyo City obtained route licenses for Lines 3 and 4, but construction approval was denied due to opposition from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Finance over the city's heavy public debt. No further construction plans were pursued thereafter. In 1941, all route licenses held by the Tokyo City Government were transferred to the newly established Teito Rapid Transit Authority for a fee.
Subsequently, based on Urban Transportation Council Recommendation No.1 (都市交通審議会答申第1号), issued by the Ministry of Construction, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority decided on May 18, 1957, to commence construction of the planned Line 2 (the Hibiya Line) and the planned Line 4 (then the Ogikubo Line, now the Marunouchi line). Its basic plan was to connect Naka-Meguro in southwest Tokyo with Kita-Koshigaya in the northeast. The full northeastern extension of the line was never built, as the Tobu Railway upgraded to quadruple track within the same corridor to meet capacity demands.
Work began in 1959, with the original section from Minami-Senju to Naka-okachimachi Station opening in March 1961. The line opened in stages: the northern section was operational in May 1962 between Kita-Senju and Ningyōchō and in February 1963 between Ningyōchō and Higashi-ginza; the southern section, between Naka-Meguro and Kasumigaseki, opened in March 1964.
The final segment, bridging Higashi-Ginza and Kasumigaseki, opened on 29 August 1964, just weeks before the opening ceremony for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Through service to the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line also began operations on this date. This was something of a coup for the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of today's Tokyo Metro), as the Toei Asakusa Line, which was also to be completed in time for the Olympics, had fallen behind schedule and remained under construction for the duration of the Games.
The Hibiya Line was one of the lines targeted in the 1995 Aum sarin gas attack.
On 8 March 2000, five people were killed and 63 were injured when a derailed Hibiya Line train was sideswiped by a second train near Naka-Meguro Station.Failure Knowledge Database 日比谷線の列車脱線衝突 Retrieved on 11 March 2009
The line, station facilities, rolling stock, and other assets were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
16 March 2013 marked the end of through service with Tōkyū Tōyoko Line. All Hibiya Line trains now terminate Naka-Meguro Station.
| Naka-meguro is shared by both Tokyu and Tokyo Metro; Tokyu manages the station. | 中目黒 | |||||
| 0.0 | Meguro | |||||
| 恵比寿 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Shibuya | |||
| 広尾 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Minato | |||
| 六本木 | 1.7 | 4.2 | ||||
| 神谷町 | 1.5 | 5.7 | ||||
| 虎ノ門ヒルズ | 0.8 | 6.5 | ||||
| 霞ケ関 | 0.5 | 7.0 | Chiyoda | |||
| 日比谷 | 1.2 | 8.2 | ||||
| 銀座 | 0.4 | 8.6 | Chūō | |||
| 東銀座 | 0.4 | 9.0 | (A-11) | |||
| 築地 | 0.6 | 9.6 | Yūrakuchō Line (: Y-20) | |||
| 八丁堀 | 1.0 | 10.6 | Keiyō Line | |||
| 茅場町 | 0.5 | 11.1 | (T-11) | |||
| 人形町 | 0.9 | 12.0 | ||||
| 小伝馬町 | 0.6 | 12.6 | ||||
| 秋葉原 | 0.9 | 13.5 | Chiyoda | |||
| 仲御徒町 | 1.0 | 14.5 | Taitō | |||
| 上野 | 0.5 | 15.0 | ||||
| 入谷 | 1.2 | 16.2 | ||||
| 三ノ輪 | 1.2 | 17.4 | ||||
| 南千住 | 0.8 | 18.2 | Arakawa | |||
| Kita-senju is shared by both Tobu Railway and Tokyo Metro; Tobu Railway manages the station. | 北千住 | 2.1 | 20.3 | Adachi | ||
| ↓ Through train to/from Tobu Skytree Line to and to via the Tobu Nikko Line ↓ | ||||||
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