International Terminal Station
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Haneda Airport International Terminal Station is a train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 at Tokyo International Airport
Tokyo International Airport
, commonly known as , is one of the two primary airports that serve the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. It is located in Ōta, Tokyo, south of Tokyo Station....

 in Ōta
Ota, Tokyo
is one of the 23 Special wards of Tokyo, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 676,458, with 348,492 households, and a population density of 11,376.69 persons per km²...

, Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
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. The station is served by the Keikyu Corporation and the Tokyo Monorail
Tokyo Monorail
, officially the , is a monorail system connecting Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, to Hamamatsuchō Station in Minato, Tokyo. The trains operate along an elevated line that follows the coast of Tokyo Bay. The trip from the airport to Hamamatsuchō costs ¥470 each way.-History:The line opened in...

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The station opened on October 21, 2010.

The operators call the station in different names in Japanese:
  • Tokyo Monorail: 羽田空港国際線ビル駅 Haneda Kūkō Kokusaisen Biru Eki
  • Keikyu: 羽田空港国際線ターミナル駅 Haneda Kūkō Kokusaisen Tāminaru Eki


The station's provisional Japanese name was in Keikyu documents and in Tokyo Monorail documents.

Construction

The Tokyo Monorail line was connected to the station by construction of approximately 900 meters of new tracks on April 11, 2010.

On March 27, 2010, there was a fire in the station building under construction that burnt an area of approximately 700 square meters and injured one worker.

Lines

  • Tokyo Monorail
    Tokyo Monorail
    , officially the , is a monorail system connecting Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, to Hamamatsuchō Station in Minato, Tokyo. The trains operate along an elevated line that follows the coast of Tokyo Bay. The trip from the airport to Hamamatsuchō costs ¥470 each way.-History:The line opened in...

    • Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line
  • Keikyu
    • Airport Line
      Keikyu Airport Line
      The is a commuter line operated by Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway. It runs from Keikyū Kamata to in Tokyo, and has Airport Express , Ltd. Express , Rapid Ltd. Express , and Airport Rapid Ltd. Express services.-Station list:...


Structure

The Keikyu platforms are located underground with escalator
Escalator
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s to bring passengers into the terminal building. The Tokyo Monorail platforms are located above ground on the current monorail overpass, connected to the third floor of the terminal building.

Adjacent stations

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