Kita-Asaka Station


Kita-Asaka Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Kita-Asaka Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from to and. It is located adjacent and at right angles to Asakadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line to 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. 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 to the east 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 2019, the station was used by an average of 70,577 passengers daily, making it the third busiest station on the Musashino Line after and. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
200053,524
200154,907
200255,897
200357,581
200458,429
200556,832
200658,114
200759,899
200860,855
200961,912
201062,958
201163,263
201265,178
201367,382
201466,972

Surrounding area

Bus services

Buses from in front of the station are operated by Tobu Bus, Kokusai Kogyo, as well as "Wakuwaku" community bus services operated by the city of Asaka.