JR lines→Yurakucho Line (Metro)

JR to Yurakucho Line at Yurakucho Station

How to change from JR lines to the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line at Yurakucho Station, for Toyosu and Ikebukuro. Leave JR and go down to the Tokyo Metro gates underground. Allow about 5 minutes.

About 5 minwalking time

JR Yamanote / Keihin-Tohokufrom · JR線

Yurakucho Line (underground)to · 有楽町線

The Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line station is underground beside JR Yurakucho. Leave JR through a ticket gate, then follow the gold Yurakucho Line signs down to the Tokyo Metro gates.

Allow about 5 minutes. You pass through two gates: out of JR and into Tokyo Metro.

Look for these signs

有楽町線Yurakucho Line

東京メトロTokyo Metro

For Toyosu, take the Yurakucho Line towards Shin-kiba.
Underground passages also lead from here to Hibiya Station (Hibiya, Chiyoda and Mita Lines) and to Ginza Station.

Overview only: we have not yet walked and checked this route step by step. Follow the signs above and allow the time shown.

Which platform?

For Shin-kibaGinza-itchome, Tsukishima, Toyosu, Shin-kiba

For IkebukuroSakuradamon, Nagatacho, Ichigaya, Ikebukuro

Questions

How do I get to Toyosu from Yurakucho?

Take the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line from Yurakucho towards Shin-kiba and get off at Toyosu.

Can I change from JR to the Yurakucho Line without leaving the station?

No. You tap out of JR and tap in at the Tokyo Metro gates. An IC card handles both fares.

Other transfers at Ginza & Yurakucho

Ginza Station is all Tokyo Metro

The Ginza, Hibiya and Marunouchi Lines share Ginza Station, so you can change between them without leaving the gates.

Close but separate

Ginza-itchome (Yurakucho Line) and Higashi-ginza (Hibiya and Asakusa Lines) are different stations nearby. Changing to them means leaving the gates.

Underground walkways

Ginza, Yurakucho and Hibiya are joined by long underground passages, useful when it rains.