Tokyo City Air Terminal
東京シティエアターミナル |
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Airport Transport Service station | |
Location | 42-42-1 Nihonbashi-hakozaki-cho, Chuo, Tokyo Japan |
Coordinates | 35°40′56″N 139°47′16″E / 35.68222°N 139.78778°ECoordinates: 35°40′56″N 139°47′16″E / 35.68222°N 139.78778°E |
Owned by | Tokyo City Air Terminal Co., Ltd. |
Operated by | Tokyo City Air Terminal Co., Ltd. |
Bus routes | 2 |
Bus stands | 4 |
Bus operators | Airport Transport Service |
Connections | Tokyo Metro at Suitengumae Station |
Construction | |
Parking | 404 lots (30 lots for motorcycles) |
Disabled access | Yes |
Other information | |
Website | Tokyo City Air Terminal T-CAT |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 1972 |
Tokyo City Air Terminal (東京シティエアターミナル Tōkyō shiti ea tāminaru?), also known as T-CAT, is a bus terminal for Airport Transport Service, an airport bus operator, in downtown Tokyo, Japan. The terminal is located in Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, beneath Hakozaki Junction, the three-way interchange for Shuto Expressway Route 6 (Mukojima Route) and Route 9 (Fukagawa Route), three blocks southeast of Suitengu shrine. T-CAT is a gateway for passengers going to and from Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
The major stockholders in T-CAT's operating company include Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd., Keikyu Corporation, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Airport Transport Service Co., Ltd., Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd., and Airport Facilities Co., Ltd.
T-CAT opened around the same time as New Tokyo International Airport (current Narita Airport) in 1978. Since Narita Airport is located 66 km from the city, the terminal was intended to increase the convenience of the airport with offering airline check-in facilities until September 2001. T-CAT also at one point had exit immigration pre-clearance desks, so that passengers could complete exit formalities at T-CAT and then use a special lane to bypass exit immigration at Narita Airport.