is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Takashima,

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...

, Japan, operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Shin-Asahi Station is served by the

Kosei Line The is a commuter rail line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR) to provide faster access from the Kansai region t ...

, and is from the starting point of the line at and from .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 20 July 1974 as a station on the

Japan National Railway The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Shin-Asahi being assigned station number JR-B15.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1129 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Takashima City Hall (forme Shin-Asahi Town Hall) *Shin-Asahi Public Hall *Takashima City Kosai Junior High School *Shin-Asahi Comprehensive Sports Park

References

External links

JR West official home page
Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1974 Kosei Line Takashima, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub