is a railway station in Kōtō

Koto, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 442,271 and a population density of 11,070 persons per km². The total area is 39.48 km². The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English....

, Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan. Its station number is S-16. The station opened on December 21, 1978.

Platforms

Higashi-ōjima Station consists of two side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s served by two tracks.

Surrounding area

The station is located underground southeast of the intersection of Tokyo Metropolitan Routes 50 (Shin-Ōhashi-dōri) and 477 (Banshobashi-dōri), with the station platforms stretching across the Kyū-Naka River. The station lies in the midst of several parks and recreational facilities, with the Komatsugawa danchi

Danchi

is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by a government authority.The Japan Housing Corporation , now known as the Urban Renaissance Agency , was founded in 1955...

owned by Urban Renaissance

Urban Renaissance

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 to the southeast. Other points of interest include:

• Arakawa River
  Arakawa River
  The is one of the principal rivers flowing through Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. The point of origin is on Mount Kobushi in Saitama Prefecture, and the Arakawa River empties into Tokyo Bay, spanning 173 kilometers. The drainage basin covers 2,940 square kilometers...
  
  
• Ōjima-Komatsugawa Park
• Higashi-Ōjima Library
• Jōtō Social Insurance Hospital

Connecting bus service

Toei Bus

Toei Bus

The is a bus service operated by the Bus Service Division, the . It is also called .The bureau mainly operates bus routes in the special wards of Tokyo, as well as those in the city of Ōme in the western Tama Area...

• Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae (Ōjima-guchi)
  • Mon 21: for Monzen-Nakachō Station
    Monzen-Nakacho Station
    is a subway station located in the Monzen-nakachō district of Kōtō, Tokyo. The station opened on September 14, 1967.- Tokyo Metro :- Toei :- Adjacent stations :-External links:* *...
    
     via Kame-Takahashi and Tōyōchō Station
    Toyocho Station
    Tōyōchō Station is a train station in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Its station number is T-14. The station opened on 14 September 1967, and consists of two side platforms.-Adjacent stations:...
    
    
  • Kusa 24: for Asakusa-Kotobukichō
  • Kin 28: for Kinshichō-Ekimae
    Kinshicho Station
    is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Metro.-Lines:Kinshichō Station is served by the JR East Sōbu Line and Chūō-Sōbu Line, as well as the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line ....
    
    
  • Yō 20: for Tōyōchō Station via Kōtō Geriatric Medical Center
  • (none): for Kasaibashi
• Higashi-Ōjima-Eki-Iriguchi
  • Kame 24: for Kasaibashi, Kameido Station
    Kameido Station
    is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Tobu Railway.-Lines:Kameido Station is served by the JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line and the 3.4 km Tōbu Kameido Line from .-JR East platforms:-Tobu platforms:...
    
    , Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae
  • FL01: for Kinshichō-Ekimae, Kasai-Ekimae
    Kasai Station
    is a train station in Edogawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Its station number is T-17. The station opened on 29 March 1969, and consists of two elevated side platforms....
    
    
• Higashi-Ōjima-Ekimae (Komatsugawa-guchi)
  • Hira 28: for Hirai-Sōshajo
  • AL01: for Cherry Garden (loop)

Adjacent stations

External links

• Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation: Higashi-ōjima Station