is a passenger railway station in the city of Asahi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Asahi Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line between Tokyo and , and is located 103.6 kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station. ''

Shiosai The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from and to on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture. Station stops ''Shiosai'' services operate over the Sōbu Main Line, stoppin ...

'' limited express services between Tokyo and also stop at this station.JR Timetable, March 2010 issue, pp. 108–109

Station layout

The station consists of a side platform and an island platform, connected by a footbridge. The station has a '' Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Asahi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was

nationalised Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was renamed Asahi Station on 1 October 1959. Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1 July 1973. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1756 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * Asahi General Hospital * Chiba Prefectural Eastern Library * Chiba Toso Cultural Center * Chiba Prefectural Asahi Agricultural High School

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Sobu Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Sōbu Main Line Asahi, Chiba