is a railway station in the

Asakusa is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as . History The development of Asaku ...

district of

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, operated by

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

, and

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolita ...

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

Ginza Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia, having opened in 1927. The 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 The , or TX, is a Japanese railway line operated by the Third-sector railway, third-sector company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, which links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. The route was ...

station and the rest of the complex must also walk at street level, as the Tsukuba Express station is located 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 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

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. 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 The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Overview The line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō, and Sumida. Despite being shorter in length than nearly all other Tokyo subway lines, ...

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

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Platforms

File:Tobu-Railway-Asakusa-Station-01.jpg, Stairways and escalators to platform File:Tobu Asakusa Station 2016-10-07 (30022753173).jpg, Ticket gates, 2016 File:Tobu Asakusa Station 2016-10-07 (30568234131).jpg, Bay platforms for limited express trains, 2016

Tokyo Metro

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

Platforms

TokyoMetro-Asakusa-Station-newPlatform.jpg, The platform in January 2018 TokyoMetro-Kaminarimon2-newgate.jpg, Kaminarimon, Sensoji District Gate in January 2018 TokyoMetro-Matsuya-Sumidapark-newgate.jpg, Matsuya, Sumida Park District Gate in January 2018

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 long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, and Taitō, Tokyo, Taitō. It is the old ...

. 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 The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the municipal subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta, Tokyo, Ōta and in Sumida, Tokyo, Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, un ...

from

Oshiage Station is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Toei, and Keisei Electric Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree complex. Lines Oshiage Station i ...

. The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by

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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(Toei) {{Tobu Skytree Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927

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 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Ginza Line. Station layo ...

Asakusa Art Deco architecture in Japan

Station layout

Tobu Railway

Platforms

Tokyo Metro

Platforms

Toei

Platforms

History

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