is a railway station on the Nagano Line in the northeastern part of the city of

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, Japan. It is owned and operated by the private railway operating company

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. Asahi Station is the closest railroad station to the

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which was the B-Arena for

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. Aqua Wing, today, is a public pool located in .

Lines

Asahi Station is a station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line. It is 6.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

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and 27 km from the opposite terminus at

Yudanaka Station is a railway station in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Nagano Electric Railway. Yudanaka Station is a gateway to seasonal mountain and outdoor activities, including hiking and skiing or sn ...

. Both the local train and Express B trains stop at Asahi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The staffed station building itself consists of one automatic

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. Station staff manually collect tickets from arriving passengers. Departing passengers do not need to show their tickets. At the western end of the platform, the train runs on parallel tracks connected by two

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es. At the eastern end of the platform, the tracks merge to a single track which runs to

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and then to Yanagihara Station. From Yanagihara, the track becomes dual tracked again. From the level crossing, there are 7 steps to the platform. There is no wheelchair-accessible slope. The station has an open bicycle parking lot.

Platforms

Access

The Nagano City Busy, "Tohoku Gururingo" stops at Asahi Station.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 28 June 1926. CTC signaling between Asahi and Yudanaka Station was commissioned in 1980.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1061 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Choumeiji *Jodoshinshuhonganji Hasaikyo Temple *Koryuyamatsuneiwa Temple *Hori Shrine *Nagano Junior High School Attached to

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*Nagano Chuo Driving School *

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Nagano Plant *Hokto Corporation *

Nagano Sports Park is a park located in the ''Yoshida'' area of the city of Nagano, Nagano, Japan, approximately 5 km northeast of Nagano Station. The facilities are owned by Nagano Prefecture and by the Nagano municipal government. The park hosted events ...

, which includes

Nagano Athletic Stadium is an athletic stadium in Nagano Sports Park is a park located in the ''Yoshida'' area of the city of Nagano, Nagano, Japan, approximately 5 km northeast of Nagano Station. The facilities are owned by Nagano Prefecture and by the Naga ...

, and

one of the host sites for the

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*Nagano City Hall Asahi Branch office

Gallery

References

External links

* {{Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Railway stations in Nagano (city) Nagano Electric Railway