Kita-Asaka Station
Railway station in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Kita-Asaka Station (北朝霞駅, Kita-Asaka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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JR East
Musashino LineJM28 Kita-Asaka Station 北朝霞駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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The south entrance in September 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-11 Hamazaki, Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken 351-0033 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.8153°N 139.5875°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Musashino Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 22.8 km from Fuchūhommachi | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JM28 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 70,577 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
Kita-Asaka Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is located adjacent and at right angles to Asakadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The station is located 22.8 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station.
Station layout
The station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks.[2] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1] The station has toilet facilities located on the mezzanine level, and both escalator and lift access from the ground level entrance to the elevated platform. Universal access toilets are located outside the station.
Platforms
| 1 | Musashino Line |
for Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchūhommachi |
| 2 | Musashino Line |
for Musashi-Urawa, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari |
The north entrance in March 2016
The ticket barriers in August 2022
The platform in August 2022
The 2-car-length platform extension under construction in July 2014
History
The station opened on 1 April 1973.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[3]
In April 2014, work started to extend the platform by approximately 40 m (130 ft) to the east (toward Nishi-Urawa) to allow the train stopping positions to be offset by two car lengths on either side and alleviate crowding on the platform during busy periods.[4] Costing approximately 200 million yen, work was scheduled to be completed around December 2014.[4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 70,577 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the third busiest station on the Musashino Line after Nishi-Funabashi and Minami-Koshigaya.[5] The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
- Asakadai Station (on the Tobu Tojo Line)
- Toyo University Asaka Campus
- Asaka Municipal Museum
- Kita-Asaka Community Centre
- Asakadai Central General Hospital
- Asaka No. 2 Junior High School
- City Inn Kita Asaka
Bus services
Buses from in front of the station are operated by Tobu Bus, Kokusai Kogyo (KKJ), as well as "Wakuwaku" community bus services operated by the city of Asaka.[21]
