Asakusa Station

Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan

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Asakusa Station

浅草駅

Tokyo Metro exit outside Tobu station building, October 2018

Japanese name
Shinjitai| 浅草駅
Kyūjitai| 淺草驛
Hiragana| あさくさえき
General information
Location| Taitō City, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by|

* Tobu Railway
* Tokyo Metro
* Toei

Line(s)|

* TS Tobu Skytree Line
* A Asakusa Line
* G Ginza Line

Connections|  Bus stop
History
Opened| 30 December 1927; 97 years ago (1927-12-30)

Location

Asakusa Station

Location within Tokyo wards area

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Asakusa Station

Asakusa Station (Japan)

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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 forms one terminus of the original subway line in Tokyo, now the Ginza Line.

## Station layout

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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 (2,000 ft) to the west of the station complex.

### Tobu Railway

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TS01
Asakusa Station

浅草駅

Tobu Railway station

Tobu Asakusa Station at night

General information
Location| 1-4-1 Hanakawado, Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates| 35°42′43.5″N 139°47′54.3″E﻿ / ﻿35.712083°N 139.798417°E﻿ / 35.712083; 139.798417﻿ (Tobu Asakusa Station)
Operated by|  Tobu Railway
Line(s)| TS Tobu Skytree Line
Platforms| 3 island platforms
Tracks| 4
Connections|  Bus terminal
Other information
Station code| TS-01
History
Opened| 25 May 1931; 94 years ago (1931-05-25)
Previous names| Asakusa Kaminarimon Station (until October 1945)
Passengers
FY2015| 52,382 daily

Services

| Preceding station  |  Tobu Railway | Following station

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Terminus |  | Spacia X |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Tōbu–Nikkō or Kinugawa–Onsen

| Kegon |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Tōbu–Nikkō

| Kinu |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Kinugawa–Onsen

| Aizu |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Shin-Fujiwara

| Ryomo |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki

| Skytree Liner |  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Kasukabe

| Urban Park Liner

from Asakusa

|  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Ōmiya or Kashiwa

| Skytree Line

Section Express

Section Semi Express

Local

|  | Tokyo Skytree

TS02

towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

Location

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 Skytree 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 (9.3 mph) to cross the Sumida River. In part due to the station's somewhat awkward location, most "Express" and "Semi-Express" services on the Skytree Line run through Oshiage to the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line instead of continuing to Asakusa.

Due to the track curvature that makes the eastern end of some of the platforms narrow and dangerous, platform 1 can accommodate 8-car trains, and the other platforms can only accommodate 6-car trains. Longer trains, such as the 8-car local trains terminating on platform 2, keep the doors of the two easternmost cars closed through selective door operation.

#### Platforms

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1, 2 | ■ Local  | for Kita-Senju

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■ 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

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G19
Asakusa Station

浅草駅

Tokyo Metro station

Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station Exit 4

General information
Location| 1-1-3 Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates| 35°42′39″N 139°47′52.2″E﻿ / ﻿35.71083°N 139.797833°E﻿ / 35.71083; 139.797833﻿ (Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station)
Operated by|  Tokyo Metro
Line(s)| G Ginza Line
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type| Underground
Other information
Station code| G-19
History
Opened| 30 December 1927; 97 years ago (1927-12-30)
Passengers
FY2015| 52,280 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Tokyo Metro | Following station

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Tawaramachi

G18

towards Shibuya

|  | Ginza Line |  | Terminus

Location

The Tokyo Metro station is located underground to the south of the Tobu terminal.

#### Platforms

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1/2 | G Ginza Line | for Ueno, Ginza, Akasaka-mitsuke, and Shibuya

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* The platform in January 2018

* Kaminarimon, Sensoji District Gate in January 2018

* Matsuya, Sumida Park District Gate in January 2018

### Toei

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A18
Asakusa Station

浅草駅

Toei station

Toei Asakusa Station platforms in June 2023

General information
Location| 1-12-14 Komagata, Taitō-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates| 35°42′32.3″N 139°47′47.7″E﻿ / ﻿35.708972°N 139.796583°E﻿ / 35.708972; 139.796583﻿ (Toei Subway Asakusa Station)
Operated by|  Toei Subway
Line(s)| A Asakusa Line
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Bus terminal
Other information
Station code| A-18
History
Opened| 4 December 1960; 64 years ago (1960-12-04)
Passengers
FY2015| 52,280 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Toei Subway | Following station

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Higashi-nihombashi

A15

towards Sengakuji

|  | Asakusa Line

Airport Limited Express

|  | Oshiage

A20

Terminus

Kuramae

A17

towards Nishi-magome

|  | Asakusa Line |  | Honjo-azumabashi

A19

towards Oshiage

Location

The Toei station is located underground to the south of the Tokyo Metro station.

#### Platforms

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1 | A Asakusa Line | for Nihombashi, Sengakuji, and Nishi-magome
KK Keikyū Main Line for Shinagawa, Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Terminal), and Misakiguchi

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2 | A 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

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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]

The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[2]

PASMO smart card coverage at this station began operation on 18 March 2007.[3]

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
3. ^ "PASMOは ３月１８日（日）サービスを開始します" [PASMO – The service will start on Sunday, March 18th.] (PDF) (in Japanese). 21 December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asakusa Station.

* 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)

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Taitō, Tokyo

Districts|

| Asakusa Area|

* Asakusa
* Asakusabashi
* Hanakawado
* Hashiba
* Higashi-Asakusa
* Imado
* Kaminarimon
* Kiyokawa
* Kojima
* Komagata
* Kotobuki
* Kuramae
* Matsugaya
* Misuji
* Motoasakusa
* Nihonzutsumi
* Nishi-Asakusa
* Torigoe
* Yanagibashi

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Shitaya Area|

* Akihabara
* Higashi-Ueno
* Ikenohata
* Iriya
* Kita-Ueno
* Minowa
* Negishi
* Ryusen
* Senzoku
* Shitaya
* Taito
* Ueno
* Uenokoen (Ueno Park)
* Uenosakuragi
* Yanaka

Major stations|

* Asakusa (Metro, Toei, Tobu)
* Asakusa (Tsukuba Express)
* Asakusabashi (JR, Toei)
* Kuramae (Toei)
* Okachimachi/Naka-okachimachi/Ueno-Hirokoji/Ueno-Okachimachi (JR, Metro, Toei)
* Shin-Okachimachi (Toei, Tsukuba Express)
* Ueno/Keisei Ueno (JR, Shinkansen, Metro, Keisei)

Landmarks|

* Kan'ei-ji
* Sensō-ji
* Ueno Park
* National Museum of Nature and Science
* National Museum of Western Art
* Shinobazu Pond
* Shitamachi Museum
* Sogakudo Concert Hall
* Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
* Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
* Tokyo National Museum
* Ueno Royal Museum
* Ueno Tōshō-gū
* Ueno Zoo

Education|

* Tokyo University of the Arts

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Stations of the Toei Asakusa Line

* Nishi-magome
* Magome
* Nakanobu
* Togoshi
* Gotanda
* Takanawadai
* (through to Yokohama, Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal via Keikyu lines <<) Sengakuji
* Mita
* Daimon
* Shimbashi
* Higashi-ginza
* Takarachō
* Nihombashi
* Ningyōchō
* Higashi-nihombashi
* Asakusabashi
* Kuramae
* Asakusa
* Honjo-azumabashi
* Oshiage (>>through to Keisei-Takasago, Narita Airport Terminal 1 via Keisei lines)

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Stations of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

* Shibuya
* Omotesandō
* Gaiemmae
* Aoyama-itchōme
* Akasaka-mitsuke
* Tameike-sannō
* Toranomon
* Shimbashi
* Ginza
* Kyōbashi
* Nihombashi
* Mitsukoshimae
* Kanda
* ~~Manseibashi~~
* Suehirochō
* Ueno-hirokōji
* Ueno
* Inarichō
* Tawaramachi
* Asakusa

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Stations of the Tobu Skytree Line

* Asakusa
* Tokyo Skytree
* (through to Shibuya, Nagatsuta, and Chūō-rinkan via the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line<<)
* (Oshiage)
* Hikifune
* Higashi-Mukōjima
* Kanegafuchi
* Horikiri
* Ushida
* (through to Naka-meguro via Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line<<) Kita-Senju
* Kosuge
* Gotanno
* Umejima
* Nishiarai
* Takenotsuka
* Yatsuka
* Sōka
* Dokkyodaigakumae
* Shinden
* Gamō
* Shin-Koshigaya
* Koshigaya
* Kita-Koshigaya
* Ōbukuro
* Sengendai
* Takesato
* Ichinowari
* Kasukabe
* Kita-Kasukabe
* Himemiya
* Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (>>through to Tōbu-Nikkō via the Tōbu Nikkō Line, through to Isesaki via the Tobu Isesaki Line)

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