Asakusabashi Station
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 Chiba Stations. 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. 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. References. This article incorporates material from ("Asakusabashi-eki") in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on December 15, 2007.