is a

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. Its station number is S-16 and is served by the

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. The station opened on December 21, 1978. It is a station in the form of a bridge over the Kyu-Naka river.

Platforms

Higashi-ojima Station consists of two

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s served by two tracks. It has two exits on the two ends of the platform. These are the Komatsugawa exit and the Ojima exit. File:Toei-subway-S16-Higashi-ojima-station-platform-20190831-151208.jpg, Platforms

Surrounding area

The station is located on top of the Kyu-Naka River as a bridge, northeast of the intersection of Tokyo Metropolitan Routes 50 (Shin-Ōhashi-dōri) and 477 (Banshobashi-dōri), with the station platforms stretching across the Kyū-Naka River. The station lies in the midst of several parks and recreational facilities, with the Komatsugawa ''

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'' owned by

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to the southeast. Other points of interest include: *

Arakawa River or Ara River may refer to: * Arakawa River (Kanto) or Ara River may refer to: * Arakawa River (Kanto), which flows from Saitama Prefecture and through Tokyo to Tokyo Bay * Arakawa River (Uetsu), which flows from Yamagata Prefecture and throu ...

* Ōjima-Komatsugawa Park * Higashi-Ōjima Library * Jōtō Social Insurance Hospital

Connecting bus service

Toei Bus *Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae (Ōjima-guchi) ** Mon 21: for

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via Kame-Takahashi and Tōyōchō Station ** Kusa 24: for Asakusa-Kotobukichō ** Kin 28: for Kinshichō-Ekimae ** Yō 20: for Tōyōchō Station via Kōtō Geriatric Medical Center ** (none): for Kasaibashi *Higashi-Ōjima-Eki-Iriguchi ** Kame 24: for Kasaibashi,

Kameido Station is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Lines Kameido Station is served by the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line and the 3.4 km Tobu Kameido Li ...

, Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae ** FL01: for Kinshichō-Ekimae, Kasai-Ekimae *Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae (Komatsugawa-guchi) ** Hira 28: for Hirai-Sōshajo ** AL01: for Cherry Garden (loop)

Line

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References

External links

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Higashi-ojima Station
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