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, operated by the Toei. It is located in

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Layout

Higashi-nihombashi Station has two platforms serving two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers traveling toward Sengakuji and Nishi-magome Stations. Track 2 serves those heading toward

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and

Oshiage Station is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Toei, and Keisei Electric Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree complex. Lines Oshiage Station ...

Around the station

The station serves the Higashi-Nihonbashi, Bakuro and Yokoyama neighborhoods.

History

Higashi-Nihombashi Station opened on May 31, 1962, as a station on Toei Line 1. During planning, its tentative name was Kumatsucho. In 1978, the line took its present name. Coverage of the

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on all privately-operated stations in the Tokyo area started on 18 March 2007.

Connections

The station is connected with two neighboring stations on other lines by underground passages: *

Bakuroyokoyama Station is a subway station on the Toei Shinjuku Line in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Toei Subway. Lines Bakuro-yokoyama Station is served by the Toei Shinjuku Line, and is located 8.1 km from the starting point of the line at . Station layo ...

on the

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Bakurochō Station is a railway station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. The station opened on July 15, 1972. Lines *East Japan Railway Company **Sōbu Line (Rapid) Passengers can transfer to: *Higashi-nihombashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line * Bakuro-yokoyama Statio ...

on the JR Sōbu Line Rapid Service

References

External links

Toei station information
Railway stations in Tokyo Toei Asakusa Line Nihonbashi, Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1962 {{Tokyo-railstation-stub