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Kita-Asaka Station

Railway station in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Summary

Railway station in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Field	Value
name
Kita-Asaka Station
style	JR East
native_name	北朝霞駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	Kita-Asaka Station South Entrance 20120910.JPG
caption	The south entrance in September 2012
address	1-1-11 Hamazaki, Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken 351-0033
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	[[File:JR logo (east).svg	20px]] JR East
line	Musashino Line
platforms	1 island platform
tracks	2
distance	22.8 km from
connections	{{Plainlist
status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
code	JM28
website
opened
passengers	70,577 daily
pass_year	FY2019
map_type	Japan Saitama Prefecture#Japan
map_dot_label	Kita-Asaka Station
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=JR East
line	Musashino	left1=Niiza	note-left1=	right1=Ōmiya	note-right1=
line2	Musashino Line	left2=Niiza	note-left2=	right2=Nishi-Urawa	note-right2=

Kita-Asaka Station

Asakadai Station (Tobu Tojo Line)
Bus terminal Kita-Asaka Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Asaka Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from to and . It is located adjacent and at right angles to Asakadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to 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. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. 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

File:Kita-Asaka Station north entrance 20160315.JPG|The north entrance in March 2016 File:JRE Kita-Asaka-STA Gate.jpg|The ticket barriers in August 2022 File:JRE Kita-Asaka-STA Platform.jpg|The platform in August 2022 File:Kita-Asaka Station platform extension 20140702.JPG|The 2-car-length platform extension under construction in July 2014

History

The station opened on 1 April 1973. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In April 2014, work started to extend the platform by approximately 40 m to the east (toward ) 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. Costing approximately 200 million yen, work was scheduled to be completed around December 2014.

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 and . The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023233/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html	archivedate= 9 October 2014	accessdate=22 January 2012	url-status=dead }}
2001	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2001.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2001年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2002	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2002.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2002年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2003	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2003.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2003年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2004	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2004.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2004年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2005	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009222358/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html	archivedate= 9 October 2014	accessdate=22 January 2012	url-status=dead }}
2006	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2006.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2006年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2007	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2007.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2007年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2008	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2008.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2008年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2009	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2009.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員　（2009年度）	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 22 January 2012}}
2010	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度)	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html	archivedate= 6 October 2014	accessdate=12 September 2012	url-status=dead }}
2011	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度)	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)	year=2012	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008165126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html	archivedate= 8 October 2014	accessdate=6 July 2014	url-status=dead }}
2012	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度)	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)	year=2013	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220750/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html	archivedate= 7 October 2014	accessdate=6 July 2014	url-status=dead }}
2013	url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2013.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度)	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)	year = 2014	publisher= East Japan Railway Company	location= Japan	language= Japanese	accessdate= 6 July 2014}}
2014	url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html	script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度)	trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)	year=2015	publisher=East Japan Railway Company	location=Japan	language=Japanese	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010506032321/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html	archivedate= 6 May 2001	accessdate=6 February 2016	url-status=dead }}

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.

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