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Toei Asakusa Line
The Toei Asakusa Line (都営浅草線, Toei 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 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. Keikyu operates through trains on the Keikyu Main Line to Misakiguchi and the Keikyu Airport Line to Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal. The Keisei Electric Railway operates through trains on the Keisei Oshiage Line to Inba-Nihon-Idai and the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1, and the Shibayama Railway runs trains via the Keisei Main Line and the Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda. Via its through services with Keisei and Keikyu, the Asakusa line is the only train line that offers a direct connection between Tokyo's two main airports.
The Asakusa Line is often split into two routes: Oshiage–Sengakuji and Sengakuji–Nishi-magome; only some trains make all station stops on the line, as many trains travel on the Keikyu Main Line south of Sengakuji.
On maps and signboards, the line is shown in the color rose. Stations carry the letter "A" followed by a two-digit number inside a more reddish vermilion circle.
In fiscal year 2023, the Asakusa Line was Toei's most profitable line, earning 8.67 billion yen in surplus (a 26.4% profit margin). It served 683,003 passengers on average per day, the third highest in the Toei network.
The original plan for what is now the Asakusa Line was included in a report Tokyo City Notification No. 2 of 1920 (大正9年東京市告示第2号) in 1920. The proposal outlined a route as Line 1 connecting “Shinagawa Yatsuyama – Shimbashi – Tsukiji – Ryogoku West – Kaminarimon – Oshiage”.
A construction patent for this route was granted to the Tokyo Underground Light rail and Tokyo Railway (東京鉄道). However, following the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, the patent was revoked along with those for other planned lines because construction had not yet commenced.
On September 1, 1941, following the establishment of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority, all route licenses held by Tokyo City, the Tokyo Underground Railway, the Tokyo Rapid Railway, and the Keihin Underground Railway were transferred to the Teito Subway in exchange for a fee.
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Toei Asakusa Line
The Toei Asakusa Line (都営浅草線, Toei 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 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. Keikyu operates through trains on the Keikyu Main Line to Misakiguchi and the Keikyu Airport Line to Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal. The Keisei Electric Railway operates through trains on the Keisei Oshiage Line to Inba-Nihon-Idai and the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1, and the Shibayama Railway runs trains via the Keisei Main Line and the Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda. Via its through services with Keisei and Keikyu, the Asakusa line is the only train line that offers a direct connection between Tokyo's two main airports.
The Asakusa Line is often split into two routes: Oshiage–Sengakuji and Sengakuji–Nishi-magome; only some trains make all station stops on the line, as many trains travel on the Keikyu Main Line south of Sengakuji.
On maps and signboards, the line is shown in the color rose. Stations carry the letter "A" followed by a two-digit number inside a more reddish vermilion circle.
In fiscal year 2023, the Asakusa Line was Toei's most profitable line, earning 8.67 billion yen in surplus (a 26.4% profit margin). It served 683,003 passengers on average per day, the third highest in the Toei network.
The original plan for what is now the Asakusa Line was included in a report Tokyo City Notification No. 2 of 1920 (大正9年東京市告示第2号) in 1920. The proposal outlined a route as Line 1 connecting “Shinagawa Yatsuyama – Shimbashi – Tsukiji – Ryogoku West – Kaminarimon – Oshiage”.
A construction patent for this route was granted to the Tokyo Underground Light rail and Tokyo Railway (東京鉄道). However, following the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, the patent was revoked along with those for other planned lines because construction had not yet commenced.
On September 1, 1941, following the establishment of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority, all route licenses held by Tokyo City, the Tokyo Underground Railway, the Tokyo Rapid Railway, and the Keihin Underground Railway were transferred to the Teito Subway in exchange for a fee.