Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu)
Tokyo Metro
- Ginza Line
- Asakusa Line
Tōbu
- Isesaki Line
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The Asakusa Station (Japanese浅 草 駅, Asakusa -eki ) is located in Taitō in Tokyo. The train station of Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station is about 600m further west from Asakusa Station.
Lines
Asakusa is served by the following lines:
- Tōbu Nikko line, according to Nikko
- Tōbu Isesaki line, after Isesaki
- Tsukuba Express, Tsukuba to Akihabara or
- Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
- Toei Asakusa Line
Environment
The station is located near the Sensō -ji.
Use
In 2006, took advantage of a daily average of 92 243 people the Tokyo Metro and Toei 41 394 people.
History
The existing today Asakusa station of Tokyo Metro, with its already took place in 1927, opening one of the first underground railway stations in Japan. It was the eastern terminus of the underground running track of the Tokyo subway (Tokyo Underground Railway) to Ueno. This route was later extended under the name Ginza line.
The terminus of Tobu Railway Company was opened in 1931 as Asakusa Kaminarimon station and renamed in 1945 in Asakusa station. The Office of the Tokyo Metropolitan ( Toei ) corresponding part of the station was opened in 1960 as part of the Asakusa Line to Oshiage.
Parts of the station
Area of Tobu Railway Company
The range of Tobu Railway is located on the ground floor and occupies a part of the department store Matsuya. He is mainly served by trains of the Nahschnellverkehrs and transport. Although Asakusa is the most centrally located railway station of Isesaki - line, there is a very winding connection to the next higher station Kita -Senju. Right at the end of the station area, the route swings in an almost right angle to the right to cross the river Sumida. The trains can go there a maximum speed of 15 km / hr. Partly also because of this difficult route are passed over the station Kita -Senju to Ginza Line and Hibiya Line of Tokyo Metro Express trains and some other features of accelerated Isesaki route.
The Tobu Railway uses five main lines of three platforms, all express trains run on only one of these platforms.
Tokyo Metro
The two platforms of the Tokyo Metro located south of where the Tobu Railway in the lowlands. The trains operate on the Ginza Line Ueno, Ginza and Akasaka- mitsuke to Shibuya. For travelers, there is a passageway to the platforms of Tobu Railway and to those of Toei.
Office of Tokyo Prefecture
The two platforms of the Toei are also located in the lowlands and lie to the south of which the Tokyo Metro. At the first platform the trains of the Asakusa Line Mita on Nishi- magome, the Keikyu Main Line and Shinagawa run to the airport, Haneda station. On the other hand, the Airport Express that line is cleared by Oshiage Station on the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport station only. Access to the platforms of Tobu Railway is within the station building only the area of the Tokyo Metro, otherwise the traveler must pass through the road.