Asakusa Line

Overview

The Asakusa Line (A) links Nishi-magome and Oshiage over about 18.3 km and 20 stations. Opened in 1960, it was Toei's very first subway line, its crimson-red trains linking Asakusa's Kaminarimon gate to Shinagawa.

Along the route

The line passes Nihombashi and Higashi-ginza, through-running at either end with the Keikyu and Keisei railways all the way to Haneda and Narita airports — a genuine airport connector line, and a showcase for Toei's through-service with private railways.

Why play it

As an airport line, its station names mix Western and Japanese naming styles, giving the run a distinctly international rhythm.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 浅草線 — all 20 stops of it.

Operator
Toei Subway
Line symbol
A
Stations
20
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
西馬込 — 押上

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 187 keystrokes, an average of 9.4 per station. The longest name is 東日本橋 (higashi-nihombashi) at 17 keystrokes; the shortest is 三田 (mita) at 4. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 3 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 1 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

11 of the 20 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Marked with a star: 新橋・浅草・押上 — the major interchanges, which the maps always label and the game marks with a heavier arrival stamp.

Every station on the line

All 20 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1A01西馬込にしまごめnishi-magome
2A02馬込まごめmagome
3A03中延なかのぶnakanobu
4A04戸越とごしtogoshi
5A05五反田ごたんだgotanda
6A06高輪台たかなわだいtakanawadai
7A07泉岳寺せんがくじsengakuji
8A08三田みたmita
9A09大門だいもんdaimon
10A10新橋しんばしshimbashi
11A11東銀座ひがしぎんざhigashi-ginza
12A12宝町たからちょうtakaracho
13A13日本橋にほんばしnihombashi
14A14人形町にんぎょうちょうningyocho
15A15東日本橋ひがしにほんばしhigashi-nihombashi
16A16浅草橋あさくさばしasakusabashi
17A17蔵前くらまえkuramae
18A18浅草あさくさasakusa
19A19本所吾妻橋ほんじょあづまばしhonjo-azumabashi
20A20押上おしあげoshiage