Kuramae Station

Platforms and tracks on Asakusa Line, 2006

Island platform on Ōedo Line, 2015

Kuramae Station (蔵前駅, Kuramae-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line and Toei Ōedo Line, both operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It is located in the Kuramae and Kotobuki neighborhoods of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number on the Asakusa Line is A-17, and that on the Ōedo Line is E-11. The stations on the two lines do not have an underground connection; still, passengers may transfer between them.

Station layout

On the Asakusa Line, Kuramae has two platforms with the two tracks between them. Track 1 is for passengers bound for Nihombashi and Nishi-Magome Stations. Track 2 is for those traveling in the opposite direction toward the terminal of the Asakusa subway line at Oshiage Station. On the Oedo Line, an island platform stands between the two tracks. Track 1 serves passengers bound for Iidabashi and Tochōmae Stations, while Track 2 carries trains toward Ryōgoku and Daimon Stations.

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Toei Asakusa Line (A-17)
Airport Ltd. Exp.: Does not stop at this station
Asakusabashi (A-16)	Rapid Ltd. Exp. Ltd. Exp. Commuter Express Rapid Express Local	Asakusa (A-18)
Toei Oedo Line (E-11)
Shin-Okachimachi (E-10)	-	Ryōgoku (E-12)

History

Kuramae Station opened on December 4, 1960, as a station on Toei Line 1 (the present-day Asakusa Line). The Oedo Line (Line 12) station opened on December 12, 2000.

Surrounding area

The station serves the Kuramae and Kotobuki neighborhoods. Nearby are the Kuramae Water Treatment Center (on the site of the old Kuramae sumo stadium, which the station served until the stadium closed), the Sumida River, National Route 6, offices of the Waterworks and Bureau of Sewerage, the Torigoe Shrine.

References

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This article incorporates material from the article 蔵前駅 (Kuramae-eki) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on December 16, 2007

Stations of the Toei Asakusa Line

Nishi-magome Magome Nakanobu Togoshi Gotanda Takanawadai (thru Yokohama, Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal<<) Sengakuji Mita Daimon Shimbashi Higashi-ginza Takarachō Nihombashi Ningyōchō Higashi-nihombashi Asakusabashi Kuramae Asakusa Honjo-azumabashi Oshiage (>>thru to Keisei-Takasago, Narita Airport)

Stations of the Toei Ōedo Line

Coordinates: 35°42′11″N 139°47′28″E / 35.7030°N 139.7911°E / 35.7030; 139.7911

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