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Kita Asaka Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Station code
  
JM28

Opened
  
1 April 1973

Platforms in use
  
1

Line(s)
  
Musashino Line

Address
  
Japan

Connection
  
Asakadai Station

Tracks
  
2

Kita-Asaka Station

Location
  
1 Hamazaki, Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken 351-0033 Japan

Distance
  
22.8 km from Fuchūhommachi

Connections
  
Asakadai Station (Tobu Tojo Line) Bus terminal

Similar
  
Asakadai Station, Shiki Station, Asaka Station, Niiza Station, Nishi‑Urawa Station

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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).

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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. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

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.

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 (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. Costing approximately 200 million yen, work was scheduled to be completed around December 2014.

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. 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.

    References

    Kita-Asaka Station Wikipedia