is a subway station on the

Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asa ...

operated by the

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, 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

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, 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 and Mitaka Stations. Platform 2 serves those bound for Kinshichō and

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Toei platforms

Underground, the Asakusa Line station has an island platform between the two tracks. Trains on Platform 1 go toward and Nishi-magome Stations, while those on Platform 2 depart for the terminal of the subway line at

Oshiage Station is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, Toei, and Keisei Electric Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree complex. Lines Oshiage Station is served by the following lines. It is the ...

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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

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, 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

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protesting against the impending privatisation of

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(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

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, the

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, and the Sumida River. The former Yanagibashi geisha quarter was located to the south of the station.

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