Station

Gokokuji

護国寺

Gokokuji
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Train service

Weekday departures: 449/day · Sat & holiday departures: 383/day

First / last train (weekday): 0:29 / 24:18

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (37)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Gokokuji Station opened on 30 October 1974 when the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) inaugurated the initial Ikebukuro–Ginza-itchōme stretch of the Yūrakuchō Line. Magnetic-stripe tickets were sold from the outset because the line's terminus stations used automatic gates from opening day. Operation passed from TRTA to Tokyo Metro on 1 April 2004 when the authority was privatised. PASMO acceptance began on 18 March 2007, and half-height platform-edge doors were introduced on 26 March 2011 as part of a Yūrakuchō Line-wide retrofit. The station is the westernmost stop in Bunkyō ward and bears the line code Y 11; departure melodies "Bōken Densha" and "Kazaguruma" have been used on platforms 1 and 2 since the platform-door rollout.

Notes

Kodansha's headquarters next door has a basement entrance built directly into the station, added when the publisher rebuilt its main offices.

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