Higashi-nihombashi Station

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Higashi-nihombashi Station (東日本橋駅, Higashi-nihonbashi Eki^?) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number is A-15.

Contents 1 Layout 2 Around the station 3 History 4 Connections 5 Adjacent stations

[edit] Layout

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

[edit] Around the station

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

[edit] History

Higashi-nihombashi opened on May 31, 1962 as a station on Toei Line 1. In 1978, the line took its present name.

[edit] Connections

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

• Bakuro-Yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line
• Bakurochō Station on the JR Sōbu Line Rapid Service

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Ningyōchō (A-13)		Toei Asakusa Line		Asakusabashi (A-16)

v • d • e Toei Asakusa Line Nishi-magome - Magome - Nakanobu - Togoshi - Gotanda - Takanawadai - (thru Yokohama ・ Haneda Airport<<) Sengakuji - Mita - Daimon - Shimbashi - Higashi-ginza - Takarachō - Nihombashi - Ningyōchō - Higashi-nihombashi - Asakusabashi - Kuramae - Asakusa - Honjo-azumabashi - Oshiage (>>thru to Keisei-takasago ・ Narita Airport