Asahikawa Station


Asahikawa Station is a railway station in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.
Asahikawa Station is the central train station for the city of Asahikawa, which is the second largest city in Hokkaido by population after Sapporo.

Lines

The station is the terminus for the following JR Hokkaido lines.
The station is numbered "A28".

Station layout

Asahikawa Station has 4 platforms serving 7 tracks. All platforms are located on the upper level above the concourse.
Platform NoLine NameDirection
1 Furano Linefor BieiFurano
2 Sekihoku Main Linefor KamikawaEngaruKitami
3 Hakodate Main Linefor FukagawaTakikawaIwamizawaSapporo
3 Sekihoku Main Linefor Kamikawa
3 Sōya Main Linefor NayoroOtoineppu
4 Hakodate Main Linefor Fukagawa・Takikawa・Iwamizawa・Sapporo
4 Sekihoku Main Linefor Engaru・Kitami・Abashiri
5 Sekihoku Main Linefor Engaru・Kitami・Abashiri
5 Soya Main Linefor Nayoro・Wakkanai
6 Hakodate Main Linefor Fukagawa・Takikawa・Iwamizawa・Sapporo
6 Soya Main Linefor Nayoro・Wakkanai
7 Hakodate Main Linefor Fukagawa・Takikawa・Iwamizawa・Sapporo
7 Sekihoku Main Linefor Kamikawa
7 Soya Main Linefor Nayoro

History

Asahikawa Station opened in 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.
The first phase of a new elevated station building opened on 10 October 2010. The entire station complex was completed in Autumn 2011. The new station building was designed by Hiroshi Naito.