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{{Short description|Bus station in Japan}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Tokyo City Air Terminal
| native_name         = 東京シティエアターミナル
| native_name_lang    = ja
| symbol_location     = 
| symbol              = 
| type                = [[Airport Transport Service]] station
| image               = Tokyocityairterminal.JPG
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| address             = 42-42-1 Nihonbashi-hakozaki-cho,
| borough             = [[Chuo, Tokyo|Chuo]], [[Tokyo]]
| country             = [[Japan]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|35|40|56|N|139|47|16|E|display=inline,title}}
| owned               = Tokyo City Air Terminal Co., Ltd.
| operator            = Tokyo City Air Terminal Co., Ltd.
| bus_stands          = 4
| bus_operators       = [[Airport Transport Service]]
| bus_routes          = 2
| connections         = {{rint|subway}} [[Tokyo Metro]] at [[Suitengumae Station]]
| structure           = 
| parking             = {{rint|parking}} 404 lots (30 lots for motorcycles)
| bicycle             = 
| accessible            = {{rint|wheelchair}} Yes
| code                = 
| zone                = 
| website             = {{url|tcat-hakozaki.co.jp|Tokyo City Air Terminal T-CAT}}
| opened              = {{Start date|1972|07|01|df=y}}
| closed              = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
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{{Nihongo|'''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 station|bus terminal]] for [[Airport Transport Service]], an [[airport bus]] operator, in downtown [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The terminal is located in [[Nihonbashi]]-Hakozaki-cho, [[Chūō, Tokyo|Chuo-ku]], beneath [[Hakozaki Junction]], the three-way interchange for [[Shuto Expressway]]'s [[Mukojima Route]] and [[Fukagawa Route]], three blocks southeast of [[Suitengū (Tokyo)|Suitengu shrine]]. T-CAT is a gateway for passengers going to and from [[Narita International Airport]] and [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]] (Haneda).

The major stockholders in T-CAT's operating company include Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd., [[Keikyu|Keikyu Corporation]], [[Mitsubishi Estate|Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.]], [[Airport Transport Service|Airport Transport Service Co., Ltd.]], [[Keisei Electric Railway|Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.]], and Airport Facilities Co., Ltd.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=ご挨拶・会社概要|publisher=Tokyo City Air Terminal|access-date=11 May 2015|url=http://www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/about/}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Suitengumae-Station-CityAirTerminal-Direction.jpg|thumb|City Air Terminal gates in Tokyo, Japan]]
T-CAT was opened in 1972 in preparation for the opening of the New Tokyo International Airport (now known as Narita Airport) in 1978. Since Narita Airport is located {{convert|66|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the city, the terminal was intended to increase the convenience of the airport with offering airline check-in facilities until [[September 11, 2001 attacks|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=岩永|first1=慎一|title=ふと思い出した、昔のTCATの風景|url=http://blogs.itmedia.co.jp/showbiz/2009/10/tcat-086e.html|website=The Show Must Go On|publisher=Alternative Blog|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==Configuration==
===Information and ticketing===
A tourist information center on the first floor provides inquiries and various brochures for tourist information. Tickets for Haneda can be purchased on the first floor (ground floor) of the main building, while tickets for Narita can be purchased on the third floor.

===Gates===
Departure gates on the third floor are used for Narita Airport bus service, while those on the first floor are used for Haneda. Arrival gates for both Narita and Haneda are located in the first floor.

===Retail===
On-site services include an ATM, post office, currency exchange booth, barber shop, rental car counter and dentist's office.<ref>{{cite web|title=トラベル・その他のサービス|url=http://www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/shop_info/travel.html|publisher=Tokyo City Air Terminal|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> T-CAT also has eleven restaurants offering Japanese, Chinese and Western cuisine.<ref>{{cite web|title=レストラン|url=http://www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/shop_info/restaurant.html|publisher=Tokyo City Air Terminal|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==Connecting transportation==
A direct underground passageway connects T-CAT with [[Tokyo Metro]] at [[Suitengūmae Station]] on [[Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line|Hanzomon Line]]. The terminal is also a short walk from Exit A1 of [[Ningyōchō Station]] on the [[Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line]], Exit A3 of Ningyōchō Station on the [[Toei Asakusa Line]], and Exit 4b of [[Kayabachō Station]] on the [[Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/eng/}}

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[[Category:Bus stations in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Airport terminals]]
[[Category:Narita International Airport]]
[[Category:Haneda Airport]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chūō, Tokyo]]
[[Category:Nihonbashi, Tokyo]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1972]]