Asakusabashi Station

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 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 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; 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. 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==