Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu)
- Not to be confused with Akasaka Station.
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Asakusa Station
浅草駅
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| Tobu Asakusa Station, May 2012 | |
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| Prefecture | Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo) |
| Ward | Taitō |
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| Year opened | 1927 |
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| Operator(s) | Tobu Railway Tokyo Metro Toei Subway |
| Line(s) | Tobu Skytree Line Toei Asakusa Line Tokyo Metro Ginza Line |
 There is a bus stop near this station |
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Asakusa Station (浅草駅 Asakusa-eki) is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway.
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Lines [edit]
Asakusa Station is served by the following lines.
- Tobu Skytree Line
- Toei Asakusa Line (A-18)
- Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-19)
The Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station is located about 600 m to the west.
Station layout [edit]
There is a connecting passage from the Tobu station to the Tokyo Metro Station, and a connecting passage from the Tokyo Metro Station to the Toei Station. However, there is no direct connecting passage from the Toei Station to the Tobu station, passengers wishing to transfer between the two stations have to walk at street level.
Tobu Railway [edit]
The Tobu Railway terminal is a surface station that occupies a portion of the Matsuya Department Store.
The station is used by local and limited express trains. Although Asakusa is the most "central" terminal of the Isesaki Line, it is connected to the next major terminal, Kita-Senju Station, by a length of track with sharp curves, beginning with the first stretch leaving the station, where trains have to turn 90 degrees to the right at a maximum speed of 15 km/h to cross the Sumida River. In part due to the station's somewhat awkward location, many express and semi-express services on the Isesaki Line run through Kita-Senju to the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line rather than continue to Asakusa.
Platforms [edit]
| 1, 2 | ■Local | for Kita-Senju, Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen and Minami-Kurihashi |
| ■Section Semi-Express | for Kita-Senju, Shin-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Kuki, Minami-Kurihashi and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | |
| ■Section Express | for Kita-Senju, Shin-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Minami-Kurihashi, Tatebayashi, Ōta and Shin-Tochigi | |
| 3, 4 | ■Nikko Line Limited Express Kegon | for Tochigi and Tōbu Nikkō |
| ■Kinugawa Line Limited Express Kinu | for Tochigi and Kinugawa-onsen | |
| ■Utsunomiya Line Limited Express Shimotsuke | for Tochigi and Tōbu Utsunomiya | |
| ■Nikko Line Limited Express Kirifuri 283 | for Kasukabe, Minami-Kurihashi and Tōbu-Nikkō | |
| ■Limited Express Ryōmō | for Tatebayashi, Ashikagashi, Ōta, Isesaki, Akagi, and Kuzū | |
| 5 | ■Rapid, Section Rapid | for Kasukabe, Shin-Tochigi, Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-onsen, Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi, and Aizu-Tajima |
Adjacent stations [edit]
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tobu Skytree Line | ||||
| Terminus | Limited Express | Tokyo Skytree | ||
| Terminus | Rapid | Kita-Senju | ||
| Terminus | Section Rapid | Kita-Senju | ||
| Terminus | Section Express | Tokyo Skytree | ||
| Terminus | Section Semi-Express | Tokyo Skytree | ||
| Terminus | Local | Tokyo Skytree | ||
Tokyo Metro [edit]
The Tokyo Metro station is located underground to the south of the Tobu terminal.
Platforms [edit]
| 1/2 | ○Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | for Ueno, Ginza, Akasaka-mitsuke, and Shibuya |
Adjacent stations [edit]
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-19) | ||||
| Tawaramachi (G-18) | Terminus | |||
Toei [edit]
Toei's station is located underground to the south of the Tokyo Metro station.
Platforms [edit]
| 1 | ○Toei Asakusa Line | for Nihombashi, Sengakuji, Nishi-Magome, Haneda Airport, and Misakiguchi |
| 2 | ○Toei Asakusa Line | for Oshiage, Narita Airport, Inba-Nihon-Idai, and Shibayama-Chiyoda |
Adjacent stations [edit]
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Toei Asakusa Line (A-18) | ||||
| Higashi-nihombashi (A-15) | Airport Ltd. Exp. | Oshiage (A-20) | ||
| Kuramae (A-17) | Local | Honjo-azumabashi (A-19) | ||
History [edit]
Today's Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station was one of the first underground stations in Japan, opening on 30 December 1927 as the eastern terminal of the Tokyo Underground Railway to Ueno, which was later extended to become the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.[1]
The Tobu Railway terminal opened on 25 May 1931 as Asakusa Kaminarimon Station (浅草雷門駅). This was renamed "Asakusa Station" on 1 October 1945.[1]
The Toei Asakusa station opened on 4 December 1960 as part of the Toei Asakusa Line from Oshiage Station.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 197-215. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Asakusa Station |
- Asakusa Station information (Tobu) (Japanese)
- Asakusa Station information (Tokyo Metro) (Japanese)
- Asakusa Station information (Toei) (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°42′43″N 139°47′54″E / 35.71194°N 139.79833°E
