Kasai Station

Kasai Station 葛西駅
File:Kasai Station-1.JPG Kasai Station (February 2012)
Location	Edogawa, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
Other information
Station code	T-17
History
Opened	1969

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	○ Tokyo Metro Tozai Line	for Nishi-Funabashi
2	○ Tokyo Metro Tozai Line	for Nakano

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (T-17)
Rapid: no stop
Nishi-kasai (T-16)		Commuter Rapid		Urayasu (T-18)
Nishi-kasai (T-16)		Local		Urayasu (T-18)

History

The station opened on 29 March 1969.

Surrounding area

The station has the world's largest fully automated parking lot for bicycles where about 9,400 cycles are automatically parked in its 15 metre deep basement. Each of the automatic lift at the parking lot can handle up to 180-190 cycles and it takes just 23 seconds to retrieve back the cycle.

External links

• Tokyo Metro station information (Japanese)