Kita-Asaka Station

Kita-Asaka Station
北朝霞駅
South entrance, September 2012
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Asaka
Neighborhood etc. 1 Hamazaki
Postal code351-0033
(in Japanese)埼玉県朝霞市浜崎1丁目
History
Year opened 1973
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Musashino Line
Statistics 67,382 passengers/day (FY2013)
Small bus terminal at this 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]

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.

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, July 2008
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   Ōmiya
Niiza Local Nishi-Urawa

History

The 2-car-length platform extension under construction, July 2014

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 2013, the station was used by 67,382 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[5]

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.[19]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 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. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  19. ↑ 市内循環バス『わくわく号』案内 ["Wakuwaku" city community bus information] (in Japanese). City of Asaka. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

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