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JB20 A16 Asakusabashi Station 浅草橋駅
The east side of the station in May 2019
Japanese name
Shinjitai	浅草橋駅
Kyūjitai	淺草橋驛
Hiragana	あさくさばしえき
General information
Location	1 Asakusabashi, Taitō City, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Toei Subway
Line(s)	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line A Asakusa Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (JR East), 1 island platform (Asakusa Line)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (JR East) Underground (Asakusa Line)
Other information
Station code	JB20 (Chūō-Sōbu Line) A-16 (Toei Asakusa Line)
History
Opened	1 July 1932; 92 years ago (1932-07-01)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station AkihabaraJB19towards Mitaka Chūō–Sōbu Line RyōgokuJB21towards Chiba Preceding station Toei Subway Following station Higashi-nihombashiA15towards Nishi-magome Asakusa Line KuramaeA17towards Oshiage
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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). It is located in the Asakusabashi neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number on the Asakusa Line is A-16.

Station layout

JR platforms

JR Asakusabashi Station has two side platforms with two tracks between them. Platform 1 is for passengers going toward Akihabara and Mitaka Stations. Platform 2 serves those bound for Kinshichō and Chiba Stations.

• East ticket gates
• JR platform, 2021

Toei platforms

Underground, the Asakusa Line station has an island platform between the two tracks. Trains on Platform 1 go toward Nihombashi and Nishi-magome Stations, while those on Platform 2 depart for the terminal of the subway line at Oshiage Station; through trains continue onward from there.

• Toei ticket gates
• Toei platform, June 2023

History

Asakusabashi opened on July 1, 1932, as a station on the Sōbu Line. On December 4, 1960, the subway station on what was then known as Toei Line 1 began to operate.

On November 28, 1985, Asakusabashi Station was firebombed by masked members of the Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee, who claimed that this action, as well as other acts of sabotage committed across several prefectures the same day were to support the 24-hour strike by the labour union Doro-Chiba protesting against the impending privatisation of Japanese National Railways (JNR). This incident did not affect operations on the Toei Asakusa Line as the underground platforms were not targeted. 48 persons were arrested during an investigation.

Surrounding area

The station serves the neighborhood. Nearby are the Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo, the Kanda River, and the Sumida River. The former Yanagibashi geisha quarter was located to the south of the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

This article incorporates material from 浅草橋駅 (Asakusabashi-eki) in the Japanese Misplaced Pages, retrieved on December 15, 2007.

1. "Train Service Returns to Normal in Japan". 30 November 1985.
2. "We live on railways--ch04".
3. Tifft, Susan (21 June 2005). "Japan: Paralysis on the Tracks". Time.
4. Haberman, Clyde (December 1985). "Japan's Polic Guard Against More Rail Sabotage". The New York Times.

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v t e Taitō, Tokyo
Districts	Asakusa Area Asakusa Asakusabashi Hanakawado Hashiba Higashi-Asakusa Imado Kaminarimon Kiyokawa Kojima Komagata Kotobuki Kuramae Matsugaya Misuji Motoasakusa Nihonzutsumi Nishi-Asakusa Torigoe Yanagibashi Shitaya Area Akihabara Higashi-Ueno Ikenohata Iriya Kita-Ueno Minowa Negishi Ryusen Senzoku Shitaya Taito Ueno Uenokoen (Ueno Park) Uenosakuragi Yanaka
Major stations	Asakusa (Metro, Toei, Tobu) Asakusa (Tsukuba Express) Asakusabashi (JR, Toei) Kuramae (Toei) Okachimachi/Naka-okachimachi/Ueno-Hirokoji/Ueno-Okachimachi (JR, Metro, Toei) Shin-Okachimachi (Toei, Tsukuba Express) Ueno/Keisei Ueno (JR, Shinkansen, Metro, Keisei)
Landmarks	Kan'ei-ji Sensō-ji Ueno Park National Museum of Nature and Science National Museum of Western Art Shinobazu Pond Shitamachi Museum Sogakudo Concert Hall Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo National Museum Ueno Royal Museum Ueno Tōshō-gū Ueno Zoo
Education	Tokyo University of the Arts

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932
• Railway stations in Tokyo
• Toei Asakusa Line
• Chūō-Sōbu Line
• Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation