is a subway

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

The is Tokyo's public transportation authority. Its subway lines are commonly described as 都営 Toei, meaning "operated by the metropolitan government ." It is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metro.-Toei Subway:The lines were originally...

. It is located in Chūō, Tokyo

Chuo, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards that form the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Chūō City in English.Its Japanese name literally means "Central Ward," and it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has risen to challenge it since the end of World War II...

, Japan

Japan

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. Its number is A-15.

Layout

Higashi-Nihonbashi has two platforms serving two tracks. Track 1 is for passengers traveling toward Sengakuji

Sengakuji Station

is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.It is entirely owned and operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, but also serves as the northern terminus of the Keikyu Main Line operated by the Keihin Electric Express Railway...

 and Nishi-Magome Station

Nishi-magome Station

is the southern terminal of the Toei Asakusa Line, a subway line operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It is the southernmost station of the Tokyo subway network. Its station number is A-01....

s. Track 2 serves those heading toward Asakusa and Oshiage Station

Oshiage Station

Oshiage Station is a train station located at the Oshiage-eki-mae intersection of Metropolitan Routes 453 and 465 in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan...

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Around the station

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

History

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

Connections

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

• Bakuro-Yokoyama Station
  Bakuro-yokoyama Station
  is a metro station on the Toei Shinjuku Line, located in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.The station is connected by underground passages with Higashi-Nihombashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line and Bakurochō Station on the JR Sōbu Main Line.-Adjacent stations:...
  
   on the Toei Shinjuku Line
  Toei Shinjuku Line
  The is a subway line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation . The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west...
  
  
• Bakurochō Station
  Bakurochō Station
  is a train station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.The station opened on July 15, 1972.-Lines:*East Japan Railway Company**Sōbu Line Passengers can transfer to:*Higashi-Nihombashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line...
  
   on the JR Sōbu Line Rapid Service
  Sobu Line (Rapid)
  The is a railway service on the Sōbu Main Line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It connects in Chūō, Tokyo and in Chūō-ku, Chiba via the cities of Ichikawa, Funabashi, and Narashino...
  
  

Adjacent stations

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