Toei Asakusa Line

• Local (普通 futsū) trains operate between Nishi-Magome and Sengakuji approximately every ten minutes and are timed to connect to Keikyu through service trains at Sengakuji. • Rapid service (快速 kaisoku) trains operate between Nishi-Magome and Keisei Sakura Station approximately every twenty minutes. They make all station stops on the Asakusa Line. • Limited Express (快特 kaitoku) trains operate approximately every twenty minutes. They generally use Keikyu rolling stock and have a southern terminus at Misakiguchi Station or Keikyu Kurihama Station. They operate as Limited Express trains only on the Keikyu Line, and provide local service on the Asakusa Line and local/rapid services on the Keisei Oshiage Line. Their northern terminus is generally either Aoto Station or Keisei Takasago Station, but select trains operate to Narita International Airport. • Limited Express (快特 kaitoku) trains operate approximately every twenty minutes and make all stops (local service) on the Asakusa Line, providing Limited Express service on the Keikyu Line between Sengakuji and . Their northern terminus is usually either Inzai-Makinohara Station or Inba-Nihon-Idai Station on the Hokuso Railway. • Airport Limited Express (エアポート快特 eapōto kaitoku) trains operate approximately every twenty minutes, and skip certain stations while operating on the Asakusa Line. Their northern terminus alternates between "Access Express" (アクセス特急 akusesu tokkyū) service to Narita International Airport and Limited Express service to either Aoto or Takasago. The total travel time from Haneda Airport to Narita Airport on this train is approximately one hour and 46 minutes. • Express (急行 kyūkō) Trains operate as Express trains only on the Keikyu Line, and provide local services on the Asakusa Line and the Keisei Line. These trains only operate southwards. Their southern terminus is usually . However, there is one train on weekends that operates towards Zushi-Hayama Station (As of 8 October 2025). Service for this train will start at Keisei Takasago Station and will arrive at Oshiage Station at 22:55. == History ==

Planning (1920–1941) 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. From 1998 to 2002, the Asakusa Line was used as part of a rail connection between Tokyo's two major airports, Haneda and Narita. While a few trains still run between the airports, the service has greatly diminished in frequency since 2002. In 2005, a research group of government, metropolitan and railway company officials proposed that the Asakusa Line be connected to Tokyo Station via a spur to the north of Takarachō Station. This would provide Tokyo Station's first direct connection to the Toei subway network. It would also make it possible to reach Haneda Airport in 25 minutes (versus 35 minutes today) and Narita Airport in 40 minutes (versus 57 minutes today). This plan has yet to be finalized or formally adopted. Authorities are re-considering a similar plan as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 2020 Summer Olympics; the proposed line would cut travel time to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes, at a total cost of around 400 billion yen. == Stations ==

• All stations are located in Tokyo. • The Airport Limited Express/Access Express stops at stations marked "●", skips those marked "|". All other services stop at every station. ==Rolling stock==

A variety of rolling stock is in use due to the large number of through service operators on the line, all of which use standard gauge tracks and 1,500 V DC electrification via overhead lines. Currently, six operators run trains onto the Asakusa Line, the most of any Tokyo subway line, and the line is unique as the only subway line in Tokyo with through services onto standard gauge railways (all other through services are with narrow gauge lines). Toei File:Toei-Type5525-8.jpg|A Toei 5500 series EMU • Toei 5500 series Keisei Electric Railway File:Keisei 3000 Series 3033F 20191002.jpg|A Keisei 3000 series EMU File:Keisei-Series3053.jpg|A Keisei 3050 series EMU File:Keisei-Type3100-3151.jpg|A Keisei 3100 series EMU File:Keisei 3400 series Keisei Main Line 20170921.jpg|A Keisei 3400 series EMU File:Keisei-Series3700-3701.jpg|A Keisei 3700 series EMU • Keisei 3000 series • Keisei 3050 series • Keisei 3100 series • Keisei 3400 series • Keisei 3700 series Keikyu File:Keikyu-Type600-608-1.jpg|A Keikyu 600 series EMU File:Keikyu-Type1000-176.jpg|A Keikyu N1000 series EMU File:Keikyu 1500 Series EMU 015.JPG|A Keikyu 1500 series EMU • Keikyu 600 series • Keikyu N1000 series • Keikyu 1500 series Hokuso Railway File:Hokuso-Series7311.jpg|A Hokuso 7300 series EMU File:Hokuso-7500 7502.jpg|A Hokuso 7500 series EMU • Hokuso 7300 series • Hokuso 7500 series Chiba New Town Railway File:Hokuso-Series9101.jpg|A Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series File:Hokuso 9200 series 9201F 20190321.jpg|A Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series EMU File:Chiba-New-Town Series9801.jpg|A Chiba New Town Railway 9800 series • Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series • Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series • Chiba New Town Railway 9800 series Shibayama Railway File:Series 3600 of Shibayama Railways.jpg|A Shibayama 3600 series EMU • Shibayama 3600 series Former rolling stock • Toei 5000 series • Toei 5200 series • Toei 5300 series • Keikyu 1000 series • Keisei 3000 series (original type) • Keisei 3050 series (original type) • Keisei 3100 series (original type) • Keisei 3150 series • Keisei 3200 series • Keisei 3300 series • Keisei 3500 series • Hokuso 7000 series • Hokuso 7050 series • Hokuso 7150 series • Hokuso 7250 series • Hokuso 7260 series • Chiba New Town Railway 9000 series ==References==