Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu)
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Asakusa Station 浅草駅 | |
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 Tokyo Metro exit outside Tobu station building, October 2018 | |
| Location | Taitō, Tokyo Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°42′43″N 139°47′54″E / 35.71194°N 139.79833°ECoordinates: 35°42′43″N 139°47′54″E / 35.71194°N 139.79833°E |
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| Connections | Bus stop |
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| Opened | 1927 |
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  Asakusa Station Location within Tokyo | |
Asakusa Station (浅草駅, Asakusa-eki) is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway. It formed one terminus of the original subway line in Tokyo, now the Ginza Line.
Station layout[]
There is a connecting passage from the Tobu station to the Tokyo Metro station, and a connecting passage from the Tokyo Metro portion to the Toei portion. However, there are no direct connecting passages from the Toei portion to the Tobu portion or from the Tsukuba Express station to the rest of the station complex. Passengers wishing to transfer between the Toei and the Tobu stations have to walk at street level, while passengers transferring between the Tsukuba Express station and the rest of the complex must also walk at street level, as the Tsukuba Express station is located 600 meters to the west of the station complex.
Tobu Railway[]
TS01 Asakusa Station 浅草駅 | ||
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| Tobu Railway station | ||
 Tobu Asakusa Station at night | ||
| Location | 1-4-1 Hanakawado, Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan | |
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway | |
| Line(s) | TS Tobu Skytree Line | |
| Platforms | 3 island platforms | |
| Tracks | 4 | |
| Connections | Bus terminal | |
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| Station code | TS-01 | |
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| Opened | 25 May 1931 | |
| Previous names | Asakusa Kaminarimon Station (until October 1945) | |
| Passengers | ||
| FY2015 | 52,382 daily | |
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The Tobu Railway terminal is a surface station, which 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 Skytree Line run through Kita-Senju to the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line rather than continue to Asakusa.
Platforms[]
| 1, 2 | ■ Local | for Kita-Senju |
| ■ Section Semi-Express | for Kita-Senju, Shin-Koshigaya, Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi | |
| ■ Section Express | for Kita-Senju, Shin-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Minami-Kurihashi and Tatebayashi | |
| 3, 4 | ■ Limited Express Spacia Kegon | for Tochigi and Tōbu Nikkō |
| ■ Limited Express Spacia Kinu | for Tochigi and Kinugawa-onsen | |
| ■ Limited Express Shimotsuke | for Tochigi and Tōbu Utsunomiya | |
| ■ Limited Express Skytree Liner | for Kasukabe | |
| ■ Limited Express Urban Park Liner | for Kasukabe and Ōmiya | |
| ■ Limited Express Ryōmō | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, Tatebayashi, Ashikagashi, Ōta, Isesaki, Akagi, and Kuzū | |
| 5 | ■ Limited Express Revaty | for Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Tatebayashi, Shin-Tochigi, Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-onsen, Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi, and Aizu-Tajima |
Stairways and escalators to platform
Ticket gates, 2016
Bay platforms for limited express trains, 2016
Tokyo Metro[]
G19 Asakusa Station 浅草駅 | |||||||||||
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| Tokyo Metro station | |||||||||||
 Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station Exit 4 | |||||||||||
| Location | 1-1-3 Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tokyo Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | G Ginza Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Station code | G-19 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 December 1927 | ||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 52,280 daily | ||||||||||
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The Tokyo Metro station is located underground to the south of the Tobu terminal.
Platforms[]
| 1/2 | G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | for Ueno, Ginza, Akasaka-mitsuke, and Shibuya |
The platform in January 2018
Kaminarimon, Sensoji District Gate in January 2018
Matsuya, Sumida Park District Gate in January 2018
Toei[]
A18 Asakusa Station 浅草駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Toei station | ||||||||||||||||
 Toei Asakusa Station platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1-12-14 Komagata, Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Toei | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | A Toei Asakusa Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | A-18 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 December 1960 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 52,280 daily | |||||||||||||||
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The Toei station is located underground to the south of the Tokyo Metro station.
Platforms[]
| 1 | A Toei Asakusa Line | for Nihombashi, Sengakuji, and Nishi-magome KK Keikyū Main Line for Shinagawa, Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Termimal), and Misakiguchi |
| 2 | A Toei Asakusa Line | for Oshiage KS Keisei Main Line for Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Narita, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) KS Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport HS Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda |
History[]
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]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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. pp. 197–215. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
External links[]
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- Asakusa Station information Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu) (in Japanese)
- Asakusa Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)
- Asakusa Station information (Toei) (in Japanese)
- Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- Stations of Tokyo Metro
- Stations of Tobu Railway
- Tobu Skytree Line
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927
- Railway stations in Tokyo
- Toei Asakusa Line
- Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
- Asakusa
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