Toei Asakusa Line

Asakusa Line
Toei 5300 series EMU bound for Nishi-Magome Station
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Nishi-Magome Oshiage
Stations	20
Daily ridership	669,603 (FY2014)
Operation
Opened	December 4, 1960
Owner	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei)
Depot(s)	Magome
Technical
Line length	18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Route map

Toei Asakusa Line (through services)

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The Toei Asakusa Line (都営地下鉄浅草線, Toei Chikatetsu Asakusa-sen^?) is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between Nishi-Magome in Ōta and Oshiage in Sumida. 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. The Keisei Electric Railway operates through trains on the Keisei Oshiage Line to Inba-Nihon-Idai and the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport, and the Shibayama Railway runs trains via the Keisei Main Line and the Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda.

The Asakusa Line is actually split in two sub-lines, (Narita -) Oshiage - Sengakuji (- Haneda) and Sengakuji - Nishi-Magome, only 25% of the trains make all station stops on the Asakusa Line.