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The Toei Asakusa Line (都営地下鉄浅草線, Toei Chikatetsu Asakusa-sen) is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the municipal subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between Nishi-magome in Ōta and Oshiage in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asakusa Line ...
Asakusabashi Station (浅草橋駅, Asakusabashi-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, and a railway station above ground level on the Chūō-Sōbu Line at the same site operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Higashi-nihombashi Station (東日本橋駅, Higashi-nihonbashi-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Toei. It is located in Chūō, Tokyo , Japan . Layout
Higashi-ginza Station opened on February 28, 1963, as a station on Toei Line 1 and Hibiya Line. Later in 1978, Toei Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line. The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
The Toei Subway (都営地下鉄, Toei chikatetsu, lit. ' metropolis-operated subway ' [2]) is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, the other being 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 Metropolitan Government following transfers of the licenses for each line.
Toei Line 1 received its name—the Asakusa Line—on 1 July 1978, and Edobashi Station was renamed on 19 March 1989, to avoid confusion with Edogawabashi Station on the Yūrakuchō Line, which opened in 1974. [4]
It serves the Toei Asakusa Line and Toei Oedo Line, both of which are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The station is identified as A-17 on the Asakusa Line and E-11 on the Ōedo Line. While there is no underground connection between the two lines, passengers can transfer between them at ground level.
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 ...