is a passenger railway station located in the city of Asaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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.

Platforms

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 (toward ) 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 (boarding passengers only), making it the third busiest station on the Musashino Line after and . The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average 2000 53,524 2001 54,907 2002 55,897 2003 57,581 2004 58,429 2005 56,832 2006 58,114 2007 59,899 2008 60,855 2009 61,912 2010 62,958 2011 63,263 2012 65,178 2013 67,382 2014 66,972

Surrounding area Asakadai Station (on the Tobu Tojo Line) Toyo University Asaka Campus Asaka Municipal Museum Kita-Asaka Community Centre Asakadai Central General Hospital Asaka No. 2 Junior High School City Inn Kita Asaka

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.

See also List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

JR East station information