Kita-Asaka Station

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]

JM28 Kita-Asaka Station 北朝霞駅
The south entrance in March 2016
Location	1 Hamazaki, Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken 351-0033 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JM Musashino Line
Distance	22.8 km from Fuchūhommachi
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Asakadai Station (Tobu Tojo Line) Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	JM28
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=550
History
Opened	1 April 1973 (1973-04-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	66,972 daily
Location
Kita-Asaka Station Location within Japan

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]

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  The south entrance in November 2014
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  The north entrance in March 2016
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  The south entrance and ticket vending machines in November 2014
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  The ticket barriers in November 2014
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  The platform in December 2015

Platforms

1	JM Musashino Line	for Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchūhommachi
2	JM Musashino Line	for Musashi-Urawa, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari

Facilities and accessibility

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.

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  The escalators from the ground floor to the platforms in November 2014
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  The passenger lift on the platform in November 2014
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  The passenger toilets in November 2014

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Musashino Line JM28
Niiza JM29		Musashino		Ōmiya OMYJS24
Niiza JM29		Local		Nishi-Urawa JM27

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 was 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]
2014	66,972[5]

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.[20]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅情報（北朝霞駅） [Station Information (Kita-Asaka Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 22/59. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
3. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 74. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. 北朝霞駅ホーム延伸　ＪＲ東、年内完成目指す [Kita-Asaka Station platform to be extended - Completion by end of year]. Nikkei Shimbun Online (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
6. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
7. 各駅の乗車人員　（2001年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
8. 各駅の乗車人員　（2002年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2003年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
10. 各駅の乗車人員　（2004年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
11. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
12. 各駅の乗車人員　（2006年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
13. 各駅の乗車人員　（2007年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
14. 各駅の乗車人員　（2008年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
15. 各駅の乗車人員　（2009年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
16. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
17. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
18. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
19. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
20. 市内循環バス『わくわく号』案内 ["Wakuwaku" city community bus information] (in Japanese). City of Asaka. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)