| Asakusa Station | |||||||
| Native Name: | 浅草駅 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||
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| Address: | Taitō City, Tokyo | ||||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||||
| Connections: | Bus stop | ||||||
| Map Type: | Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan | ||||||
| Map Dot Label: | Asakusa Station | ||||||
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.
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 600m (2,000feet) to the west of the station complex.
Asakusa Station | |
| Native Name: | 浅草駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Tobu Railway station |
| Address: | 1-4-1 Hanakawado, Taitō-ku, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.7121°N 139.7984°W |
| Operator: | Tobu Railway |
| Line: | Tobu Skytree Line |
| Platforms: | 3 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Connections: | Bus terminal |
| Code: | TS-01 |
| Former: | Asakusa Kaminarimon Station (until October 1945) |
| Passengers: | 52,382 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
| Services Collapsible: | yes |
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 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 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.
Asakusa Station | |
| Native Name: | 浅草駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Tokyo Metro station |
| Address: | 1-1-3 Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.7108°N 139.7978°W |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Connections: | Bus terminal |
| Structure: | Underground |
| Code: | G-19 |
| Passengers: | 52,280 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
The Tokyo Metro station is located underground to the south of the Tobu terminal.
Asakusa Station | |
| Native Name: | 浅草駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Toei station |
| Address: | 1-12-14 Komagata, Taitō-ku, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.709°N 139.7966°W |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Connections: | Bus terminal |
| Code: | A-18 |
| Passengers: | 52,280 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
The Toei station is located underground to the south of the Tokyo Metro station.
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, which was later extended to become the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.[1]
The Tobu Railway terminal opened on 25 May 1931 as . 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]