Asaka Station (Osaka)

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Asaka Station (Osaka) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 34°35′08″N 135°30′08″E / 34.5856°N 135.5022°E

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Asaka Station

浅香駅

Asaka Station, August 2018

General information

Location

9-1, Asakayamacho Sancho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0012
Japan

Coordinates

34°35′08″N 135°30′08″E / 34.5856°N 135.5022°E

Owned by

West Japan Railway Company

Operated by

West Japan Railway Company

Line(s)

R Hanwa Line

Distance

7.9 km (4.9 miles) from Tennōji

Platforms

2 side platforms

Connections

Bus stop

Construction

Structure type

Elevated (embankment)

Other information

Status

Staffed

Station code

JR-R27

Website

Official website

History

Opened

3 September 1937

Previous names

Hanwa Asakayama (to 1941); Yamate Asakayama (to 1944)

Passengers

FY2019

2223 daily

Services

Preceding station	JR West			Following station
Sakaishi towards Wakayama		Hanwa Line Local		Sugimotocho towards Tennoji

Location
Asaka Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Asaka Station Asaka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Asaka Station (浅香駅, Asaka-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Asaka Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located 7.9 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Tennōji.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.^{[citation needed]}

Platforms

1	■ Hanwa Line	for Ōtori, Hineno and Wakayama
2	■ Hanwa Line	for Tennōji

History

Asaka Station opened on September 3, 1937, as the Hanwa-Asakayama Stop (阪和浅香山停留場, Hanwa-Asaka Teiryujo). It was renamed Yamate-Asakayama Stop (山手浅香山停留場, Yamate-Asaka Teiryujo) on August 1, 1941, and to its present name on May 1, 1944. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Asaka being assigned station number JR-R27.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2223 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Yamato River
Sakai Women's Junior College
Kaorigaoka Liberte High School
Sakai Liberal Junior and Senior High School
Sakai City Asakayama Junior High School

References

^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ 大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Osaka Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Media related to Asaka Station (Osaka) at Wikimedia Commons

Asaka Station information (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Hanwa Line
(Osaka Loop Line for Osaka<<) Tennōji Bishōen Minami-Tanabe Tsurugaoka Nagai Abikochō Sugimotochō Asaka Sakaishi Mikunigaoka Mozu Uenoshiba Tsukuno Ōtori Tonoki Kita-Shinoda Shinodayama Izumi-Fuchū Kumeda Shimomatsu Higashi-Kishiwada Higashi-Kaizuka Izumi-Hashimoto Higashi-Sano Kumatori Hineno (>>Kansai Airport Line) Nagataki Shinge Izumi-Sunagawa Izumi-Tottori Yamanakadani Kii Musota Kii-Nakanoshima Wakayama (>>Kinokuni Line) Branch Ōtori Higashi-Hagoromo		R

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Lines

Station layout

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

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