Kasai Station

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T17
Kasai Station

葛西駅
Kasai Station-1.JPG
Kasai Station (February 2012)
Location5-43-11 Naka-Kasai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Operated byTokyo Metro logo.svg Tokyo Metro
Line(s)T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
Other information
Station codeT-17
History
Opened1969
Services
Preceding station Tokyo Metro logo.svg Tokyo Metro Following station
Nishi-kasai
T16
towards Nakano
Tozai Line
Commuter Rapid
Local
Urayasu
T18

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 Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Nishi-Funabashi
JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Tsudanuma
TR Toyo Rapid Railway Line for Tōyō-Katsutadai
2 T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Toyocho, Otemachi, Nakano
JB Chuo-Sobu Line for Mitaka

History[]

The station opened on 29 March 1969.

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.

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

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