Kita-Asaka Station

Coordinates: 35°48′55″N 139°35′15″E / 35.8153°N 139.5875°E / 35.8153; 139.5875
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Kita-Asaka Station

北朝霞駅
South entrance, September 2012
General information
Location1 Hamazaki, Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken 351-0033
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Musashino Line
Distance22.8 km from Fuchū-Hommachi
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=550
History
Opened1 April 1973 (1973-04-01)
Passengers
FY201466,972 daily
Location
Kita-Asaka Station is located in Japan
Kita-Asaka Station
Kita-Asaka Station
Location within Japan

Kita-Asaka Station (北朝霞駅, Kita-Asaka-eki) is a railway station on the Musashino Line in Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Kita-Asaka Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchū-Hommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is located adjacent to Asakadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to Ikebukuro in Tokyo. The station is located 22.8 kilometers from Fuchū-Hommachi 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]

Platforms

The platform in December 2015
1  Musashino Line for Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchū-Hommachi
2  Musashino Line for Musashi-Urawa, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari

Facilities and accessibility

The station has universal access toilet facilities, and both escalator and lift access from the ground level entrance to the elevated platform.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Musashino Line
Niiza   Musashino   Saitama
Niiza   Local   Nishi-Urawa

History

The 2-car-length platform extension under construction in July 2014
The completed platform extension in December 2015

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 is scheduled to be completed around December 2014.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by 66,972 passengers (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.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 53,524[6]
2001 54,907[7]
2002 55,897[8]
2003 57,581[9]
2004 58,429[10]
2005 56,832[11]
2006 58,114[12]
2007 59,899[13]
2008 60,855[14]
2009 61,912[15]
2010 62,958[16]
2011 63,263[17]
2012 65,178[18]
2013 67,382[19]

Surrounding area

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.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 各駅情報(北朝霞駅) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部. Japan: Kodansha. p. 22/59. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  3. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 74. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  4. ^ a b 北朝霞駅ホーム延伸 JR東、年内完成目指す. Nikkei Shimbun Online (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2001年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2002年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2003年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2004年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2006年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2008年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2009年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ 市内循環バス『わくわく号』案内 (in Japanese). City of Asaka. Retrieved 6 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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35°48′55″N 139°35′15″E / 35.8153°N 139.5875°E / 35.8153; 139.5875