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A17 E11 Kuramae Station 蔵前駅
Kuramae Station entrance
Japanese name
Shinjitai	蔵前駅
Kyūjitai	藏前驛
Hiragana	くらまええき
General information
Location	2-3-1 Kuramae (Asakusa Line) 3-3-1 Kotobuki (Ōedo Line) Taitō City, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Toei Subway
Line(s)	E Ōedo Line A Asakusa Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (Asakusa Line), 2 side platforms (Ōedo Line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	E-11 (Oedo Line) A-17 (Asakusa Line)
History
Opened	4 December 1960; 64 years ago (1960-12-04)
Services
Preceding station Toei Subway Following station AsakusabashiA16towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line AsakusaA18towards Oshiage Shin-okachimachiE10towards Tochōmae Ōedo Line RyogokuE12towards Hikarigaoka
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Kuramae Station (蔵前駅, Kuramae-eki) is a subway station located in the Kuramae and Kotobuki neighborhoods of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It serves the Toei Asakusa Line and Toei Oedo Line, both of which are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The station is identified as A-17 on the Asakusa Line and E-11 on the Ōedo Line. While there is no underground connection between the two lines, passengers can transfer between them at ground level.

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.

• Asakusa Line platforms, May 2023
• Oedo Line platforms, December 2017

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 city's Bureau of Waterworks and Bureau of Sewerage, and Torigoe Shrine.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

v t e Taitō, Tokyo
Districts	Asakusa Area Asakusa Asakusabashi Hanakawado Hashiba Higashi-Asakusa Imado Kaminarimon Kiyokawa Kojima Komagata Kotobuki Kuramae Matsugaya Misuji Motoasakusa Nihonzutsumi Nishi-Asakusa Torigoe Yanagibashi Shitaya Area Akihabara Higashi-Ueno Ikenohata Iriya Kita-Ueno Minowa Negishi Ryusen Senzoku Shitaya Taito Ueno Uenokoen (Ueno Park) Uenosakuragi Yanaka
Major stations	Asakusa (Metro, Toei, Tobu) Asakusa (Tsukuba Express) Asakusabashi (JR, Toei) Kuramae (Toei) Okachimachi/Naka-okachimachi/Ueno-Hirokoji/Ueno-Okachimachi (JR, Metro, Toei) Shin-Okachimachi (Toei, Tsukuba Express) Ueno/Keisei Ueno (JR, Shinkansen, Metro, Keisei)
Landmarks	Kan'ei-ji Sensō-ji Ueno Park National Museum of Nature and Science National Museum of Western Art Shinobazu Pond Shitamachi Museum Sogakudo Concert Hall Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo National Museum Ueno Royal Museum Ueno Tōshō-gū Ueno Zoo
Education	Tokyo University of the Arts

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

• Railway stations in Tokyo
• Toei Asakusa Line
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1960
• Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation