Asaka Station (Saitama)


Asaka Station 朝霞駅
South entrance, August 2007
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Asaka
Neighborhood etc.	2-13-52 Honchō
Postal Code	351-0011
(in Japanese)	朝霞市本町2-13-52
History
Year opened	1914
Former name	Hizaori Station
Present name since	1932
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics	61,358 passengers/day (FY2010)

Asaka Station (朝霞駅, Asaka-eki^?) is a railway station in Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.^[1]

1 Lines
2 Station layout
- 2.1 Platforms
3 Service pattern
4 Adjacent stations
5 History
6 Passenger statistics
7 Surrounding area
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Lines

The station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya. Only Semi Express and Local services stop at this station.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Shiki, Kawagoe, Sakado, and Ogawamachi (Semi-express services)
2	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Shiki, Kawagoe, Sakado, and Ogawamachi (Local services)
3	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro (Local services) ◌ Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba ◌ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya
4	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	for Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro (Semi-express services)

Service pattern

Trains run between 0500 and 0100 weekdays, and 0500 and 0045 weekends. The typical off-peak service is:

7 trains an hour to Ikebukuro:
- 3 Semi-express (Wakōshi, Narimasu, Ikebukuro)
- 4 Local
2 trains an hour to Shin-Kiba on the Yūrakuchō Line (local)
4 trains an hour to Shibuya on the Fukutoshin Line
- 2 Express (on the Tokyo Metro segment) (Wakōshi, Kotake-mukaihara, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku-sanchōme, Shibuya)
- 2 Local

13 Local trains an hour to Shiki
- of which 7 continue to Kawagoeshi

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Wakōshi	Semi Express	Asakadai
Wakōshi	Local	Asakadai
TJ Liner Rapid Express Express Commuter Express: no stop

History

The station first opened as Hizaori Station (膝折駅^?) on 1 May 1914, coinciding with the opening of the Tōjō Railway line from Ikebukuro. It was renamed Asaka Station on 10 May 1932.^[3]