Toei Asakusa Line


     Asakusa Line
浅草線

Toei 5300 series EMU bound for Nishi-Magome Station
Overview
Type Heavy rail rapid transit
Locale Tokyo
Termini Nishi-Magome
Oshiage
Stations 20
Operation
Opened 1960
Owner Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Depot(s) Magome
Technical
Line length 18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 70 km/h (43 mph)

The Toei Asakusa Line (都営地下鉄浅草線 Toei Chikatetsu Asakusa-sen?) is a subway line of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) network in Tokyo, Japan. The line runs between Nishi-Magome in Ōta and Oshiage in Sumida. The Asakusa Line was the first subway line in Japan to offer through services with a private railway. Today, it has more through services to other lines than any other subway line in Tokyo. The Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū) operates through trains on the Keikyū Main Line to Misakiguchi and the Keikyū Airport Line to Haneda Airport. The Keisei Electric Railway operates through trains on the Keisei Oshiage Line to Inba-Nihon-Idai and the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport, and the Shibayama Railway runs trains via the Keisei Main Line and the Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda.

On maps and signboards, the line is shown in "rose" (O). Stations carry the letter A followed by a two-digit number.

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History

The Toei Asakusa Line was the first subway line constructed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Its planning name is Line 1: it was later named after the famous Asakusa district of Tokyo. In its original plan form, the line would have actually bypassed Asakusa Station entirely. However, the plan was changed to take advantage of the existing Tōbu Isesaki Line and Tokyo Metro Ginza Line connections at Asakusa.

The initial 3.2 km segment between Oshiage and Asakusabashi opened on December 4, 1960. The line then opened in stages from north to south:

From 1998 to 2002, the Asakusa Line was used as part of a rail connection between Tokyo's two major airports, Haneda and Narita. While a few trains still run between the airports (see below), the service has greatly diminished in frequency since 2002.

In 2005, a research group of government, metropolitan and railway company officials proposed that the Asakusa Line be connected to Tōkyō Station via a spur to the north of Takarachō Station. This would provide Tōkyō Station's first direct connection to the Toei subway network. It would also make it possible to reach Haneda Airport in 25 minutes (versus 35 minutes today) and Narita Airport in 40 minutes (versus 57 minutes today).[1] This plan has yet to be finalized or formally adopted.

Services

Station list

Station
Number
Station Japanese Distance (km) Airport Ltd. Exp. Transfers Location
Between
Stations
Total
A-01 Nishi-Magome 西馬込 - 0.0 Keikyū Main Line
Thru to Airport Line
  Ōta
A-02 Magome 馬込 1.2 1.2  
A-03 Nakanobu 中延 0.9 2.1 Tōkyū Ōimachi Line Shinagawa
A-04 Togoshi 戸越 1.1 3.2  
A-05 Gotanda 五反田 1.6 4.8 Yamanote Line
Tōkyū Ikegami Line
A-06 Takanawadai 高輪台 0.7 5.5   Minato
Keikyū through services: ○Via the Main Line & Airport Line to/from Haneda Airport
○Via the Zushi Line from Shin-Zushi (northbound only)
○Via the Main Line from Uraga (northbound only; southbound trains for Kurihama Line via Horinouchi)
○Via the Main Line & Kurihama Line to/from Misakiguchi
A-07 Sengakuji 泉岳寺 1.4 6.9 Keikyū Main Line (Through service to lines/stations listed above) Minato
A-08 Mita 三田 1.1 8.0 Toei Mita Line (I-04)
Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Tamachi)
A-09 Daimon 大門 1.5 9.5 Toei Ōedo Line (E-20)
Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line (Hamamatsuchō)
Tokyo Monorail (Hamamatsuchō)
A-10 Shimbashi 新橋 1.0 10.5 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-08)
Tōkaidō Main Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yokosuka Line
Yurikamome (U-01)
A-11 Higashi-Ginza 東銀座 0.9 11.4 Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-09)
Underground passage to Ginza, Hibiya and Yūrakuchō stations
Chūō
A-12 Takarachō 宝町 0.8 12.2  
A-13 Nihombashi 日本橋 0.8 13.0 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-11), Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line (T-10)
A-14 Ningyōchō 人形町 0.8 13.8 Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-13)
A-15 Higashi-Nihombashi 東日本橋 0.7 14.5 Toei Shinjuku Line (Bakuro-Yokoyama: S-09)
Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Bakurochō)
A-16 Asakusabashi 浅草橋 0.7 15.2 Chūō-Sōbu Line Taitō
A-17 Kuramae 蔵前 0.7 15.9 Toei Ōedo Line (E-11)
A-18 Asakusa 浅草 0.9 16.8 Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G-19)
Tōbu Isesaki Line
A-19 Honjo-Azumabashi 本所吾妻橋 0.7 17.5   Sumida
A-20 Oshiage 押上 0.8 18.3 Keisei Oshiage Line (through service to lines/stations listed below)
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Z-14)
Tōbu Isesaki Line
Keisei through services: ○Via the Main Line to/from Narita Airport
○Via the Main Line & Hokusō Railway to/from Inba-Nihon-Idai
○Via the Main Line & Shibayama Railway to/from Shibayama-Chiyoda

Rolling stock

A variety of rolling stock is in use due to the large number of through service operators on the line.

Current

Former

References

External links

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