Kasai Station

T17 Kasai Station 葛西駅
Kasai Station (February 2012)
General information
Location	5-43-11 Naka-Kasai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	T Tozai Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	T-17
History
Opened	29 March 1969; 55 years ago (29 March 1969)
Passengers
2021	81,519 (Daily
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Nishi-kasai T16 towards Nakano Tozai Line Commuter Rapid Local Urayasu T18 towards Nishi-Funabashi
Location Kasai Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kasai Station Kasai Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Kasai Station Kasai Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kasai Station Kasai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kasai Station (葛西駅, Kasai-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

Lines

Kasai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and is numbered T-17.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated side platforms. The station also has two center express tracks used for rapid service trains to bypass local trains at this station.

Platforms

1	T Tōzai Line	for Nishi-Funabashi JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai
2	T Tōzai Line	for Tōyōchō, Ōtemachi, and Nakano JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka

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  Platforms

History

The station opened on 29 March 1969.

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[1]

Surrounding area

Tokyo Metro Museum entrance

The station has the world's largest fully automated parking lot for bicycles where about 9,400 bicycles are automatically parked in its 15 metre deep basement. Each of the automatic elevators at the parking lot can handle up to 180-190 and it takes just 23 seconds to retrieve the bicycle.^{[citation needed]}

The Tokyo Metro Museum is also located beneath the platforms of Kasai station and was opened in 1986.

References

1. "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

• Tokyo Metro station information (in English)

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