Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
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The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (東京地下鉄千代田線 Tōkyō Chikatetsu Chiyoda-sen?) is a metro line in Tokyo, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metro. Its color on maps is dark green. Stations on the Chiyoda Line carry the letter C followed by a number. Its planning line number is Line 9.
The 21.9 km line serves the wards of Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato and Shibuya. A branch line goes from Ayase to Kita-ayase and is an additional 2.1 km long. There is also a short stretch of tunnel in Taitō ward.
The first stretch of line was opened on December 201969 between Kita-Senjū and Ōtemachi. The line was almost completed by October 101972 when it reached Yoyogi-Kōen, although the 1 km section between there and Yoyogi-Uehara was not completed until March 311978. The branch line to Kita-ayase was opened on December 201979.
Chiyoda Line trains interoperate with the JR Jōban Line from Ayase Station and with the Odakyū Line from Yoyogi-Uehara. JR through trains are 203 series EMUs specifically designed for the Chiyoda Line.
Starting May 152006, women-only cars have been available on early-morning trains from Toride on the Jōban Line to Yoyogi-Uehara.
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