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T17 Kasai Station 葛西駅 | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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Station code | T-17 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 29 March 1969 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2021 | 81,519 (Daily | ||||||||||
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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.
Kasai Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and is numbered T-17.
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.
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 |
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]
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.