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	59,505 passengers/day [1]

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

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

View of the platforms, March 2008

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

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

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]

Surrounding area

• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Asaka Base

See also

Media related to Asaka Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Asaka Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7305.html. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
2. ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
3. ^ Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). "東武東上線の神話時代（１）". Japan Railfan Magazine 48 (570): 126–131. 

External links

• Asaka Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°47′49″N 139°36′00″E / 35.7969°N 139.6001°E / 35.7969; 139.6001