Hizen-Asahi Station (肥前旭駅, Hizen-Asahi-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1]
JB 16 Hizen-Asahi Station 肥前旭駅 | |
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![]() Hizen-Asahi Station in 2017 | |
General information | |
Location | Japan |
Coordinates | 33°21′00″N 130°29′46″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Kagoshima Main Line, |
Distance | 110.4 km from Mojikō |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 + 2 sidings |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Bicycle facilities | Designated parking area for bikes |
Disabled access | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
Other information | |
Status | Unstaffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 23 December 1928 (1928-12-23) |
Previous names | Asahi Signal Box (until 7 June 1934) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 650 daily |
Rank | 215th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() JB 16 Hizen-Asahi Station Location within Japan |
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 110.4 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.[2] Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks at grade. A siding branches off each of the two tracks near the station. The station building is a small concrete structure which is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine and a Sugoca card reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3][4]
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Kagoshima Main Line | ||||
JB 15 Tosu | Local | JB 17 Kurume | ||
Rapid: Does not stop at this station |
On 23 December 1928, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Asahi Signal Box at the present location of the station. On 7 June 1934, the facility was upgraded to a full station and renamed Hizen-Asahi. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. [5][6]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 215th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
Stations of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line | |
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Mojikō–Yatsushiro |
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Sendai–Kagoshima | |
Freight Branch |
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