Asakusabashi Station
{{short description|Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan}}
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{{Infobox station
| name ={{JRSN|JB|20|50}} {{TSSN|A|16|50}}
Asakusabashi Station
| native_name = 浅草橋駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| mlanguage = {{Infobox Chinese/Japanese|shinjitai=浅草橋駅|kyujitai=淺草橋驛|hiragana=あさくさばしえき}}
| image = Asakusabashi-station-East-gate.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The east side of the station in May 2019
| other_name =
| address = 1 Asakusabashi, Taitō City, Tokyo
| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| operator = {{Plainlist|
- {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
- {{ric|Toei Subway|name=y}}
}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
- {{JRLS|JB}} Chūō-Sōbu Line
- {{TSLS|A}} {{lnl|Toei Subway|A}}
}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms (JR East), 1 island platform (Asakusa Line)
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure = Elevated (JR East)
Underground (Asakusa Line)
| code = {{Plainlist|
- JB20 (Chūō-Sōbu Line)
- A-16 (Toei Asakusa Line)
}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1932|07|01|df=y}}
| rebuilt =
| closed =
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| map_type = Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan Kanto#Japan
| map_dot_label = Asakusabashi Station
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East
|line1=Chuo-Sobu|left1=Akihabara|note-left1={{JRSN|JB|19|size=30}}|right1=Ryōgoku|note-right1={{JRSN|JB|21|size=30}}
|system2=Toei Subway|line2=A|left2=Higashi-nihombashi|note-left2={{TSSN|A|15}}|right2=Kuramae|note-right2={{TSSN|A|17}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo|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=
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|imgfile={{JRLS|JB}}|name=Chūō-Sōbu Line|dir=for {{STN|Akihabara|x}}, {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} and {{STN|Mitaka|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|first=3|imgfile={{JRLS|JB}}|name=Chūō-Sōbu Line|dir=for {{STN|Kinshichō|x}}, {{STN|Funabashi|x}} and {{STN|Chiba|x}}}}
JR Asakusabashi Station has two side platforms with two tracks between them. Platform 1 is for passengers going toward {{STN|Akihabara|x}} and Mitaka Stations. Platform 2 serves those bound for Kinshichō and Chiba Stations.
File:JR Sobu-Main-Line Asakusabashi Station East Gates.jpg|East ticket gates
File:JR_Sobu-Main-Line_Asakusabashi_Station_Platform_(20210605).jpg|JR platform, 2021
=Toei platforms=
{{jpf|first=2|pfn=1|symbol={{TSLS|A}}|name={{lnl|Toei Subway|A}}|dir=for {{STN|Nihombashi|x}}, {{STN|Shimbashi|x}}, and {{STN|Nishi-magome|x}}
{{KQLS}} Keikyu Main Line for {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}, Haneda Airport ({{STN|Haneda Airport International Terminal|x||International Terminal}} and {{STN|Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal|x||Domestic Terminal}}), and {{STN|Misakiguchi|x}}}}
{{jpf|first=3|pfn=2|symbol={{TSLS|A}}|name=Asakusa Line|dir=for {{STN|Asakusa|x|Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu}} and {{STN|Oshiage|x}}
{{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Line for {{STN|Aoto|x}}, {{STN|Keisei Narita|x}}, and Narita Airport ({{STN|Narita Airport Terminal 2·3|x||Terminal 2·3}} and {{STN|Narita Airport Terminal 1|x||Terminal 1}})
{{KSLS|KS|ns=N}} Narita Sky Access Line for Narita Airport
{{KSLS|HS}} Hokusō Line for {{STN|Imba Nihon-idai|x}}
{{KSLS|SR}} Shibayama Railway Line for {{STN|Shibayama-Chiyoda|x}}}}
Underground, the Asakusa Line station has an island platform between the two tracks. Trains on Platform 1 go toward {{STN|Nihombashi|x}} 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.
File:AsakusabashiToei.jpg|Toei ticket gates
File:Toei-subway-A16-Asakusabashi-station-platform-20230610-111020.jpg|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.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
On November 28, 1985, Asakusabashi Station was firebombed by masked members of the Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-30-mn-9529-story.html|title=Train Service Returns to Normal in Japan|website=Los Angeles Times |date=30 November 1985}} 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).{{Cite web|url=https://doro-chiba.org/english/nakano/works/on-rail/ch04.html|title = We live on railways--ch04}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1074844,00.html|title = Japan: Paralysis on the Tracks|magazine = Time|date = 21 June 2005|last1 = Tifft|first1 = Susan}} This incident did not affect operations on the Toei Asakusa Line as the underground platforms were not targeted.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} 48 persons were arrested during an investigation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/01/world/japan-s-polic-guard-against-more-rail-sabotage.html|title = Japan's Polic Guard Against More Rail Sabotage|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 1985|last1 = Haberman|first1 = Clyde}}
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
References
This article incorporates material from 浅草橋駅 (Asakusabashi-eki) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on December 15, 2007.
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{{Chūō-Sōbu Line}}
Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932
Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Category:Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation