is a railway station in the

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district of

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, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway. It formed one terminus of the original subway line in Tokyo, now the

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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

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 The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama to Isesaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. The Isesaki Line can refer to the entire section between Asakus ...

, it is connected to the next major terminal,

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, 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

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. 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

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and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line rather than continue to Asakusa.

Platforms

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Tokyo Metro

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

Platforms

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Toei

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

Platforms

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 , which was later extended to become the

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia. The line was named af ...

. The Tobu Railway terminal opened on 25 May 1931 as . This was renamed "Asakusa Station" on 1 October 1945. The Toei Asakusa station opened on 4 December 1960 as part of the Toei Asakusa Line from Oshiage Station. The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. PASMO

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coverage at this station began operation on 18 March 2007.

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Asakusa Station information
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Station layout

Tobu Railway

Platforms

Tokyo Metro

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Toei

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History

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