Kasai_Station References

T17
Kasai Station

葛西駅
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
Passengers
2021	81,519 (Daily
Services
Location
	Kasai Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Kasai Station Kasai Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Kasai Station Kasai Station (Tokyo) Kasai Station Kasai Station (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

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

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

References

^ "「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)

35°39′49″N 139°52′21″E / 35.663618°N 139.872486°E / 35.663618; 139.872486

[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.

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