日比谷線新駅「虎ノ門ヒルズ」開業　ビジネス街の交通拠点に―東京メトロ

　東京メトロ日比谷線の新駅「虎ノ門ヒルズ」（東京都港区）が６日、開業した。日比谷線では１９６４年の全線開業以来、５６年ぶりの新駅。周辺では高層オフィスビルの再開発が進み、ビジネス街の新たな交通拠点になりそうだ。

　新駅は霞ケ関―神谷町間に設置。地下１階に１４７メートルのホーム２面と改札３カ所を整備した。中目黒行きホームから徒歩７分で銀座線虎ノ門駅への乗り換えができるほか、１月に完成した高層ビル「虎ノ門ヒルズビジネスタワー」や隣の森タワーへの直通移動も可能だ。利用客数は将来的に１日約８万人を見込んでいる。（2020/06/06-10:12）

Toranomon Hills Station on the Hibiya Line of subway operator Tokyo Metro Co. began operations on Saturday.
   The new subway station, the first to be built for the Hibiya Line since it fully went into service in 1964, is expected to be a new transportation hub for the business district that will arise in the area after redevelopment projects for high-rise buildings near the station are completed.
   Toranomon Hills Station, in Tokyo's Minato Ward, is located between Kasumigaseki and Kamiyacho stations. It has two 147-meter train platforms and three sets of ticket gates on the underground floor.
   Users can transfer to Toranomon Station on Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line by walking for seven minutes through a passageway from the westbound train platform of Toranomon Hills Station. The new station is also connected to the Toranomon Hills Business Tower high-rise building, completed in January, and the neighboring Toranomon Hills Mori Tower.   
   Tokyo Metro, which is owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government and the Japanese government, expects that the station will ultimately serve some 80,000 users daily.