Asahikawa Station

Asahikawa Station
Asahikawa Station; 旭川駅
	Asahikawa Station building in May 2012
Location	8-3-1 Miyashitadōri, Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido; Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	■ Hakodate Main Line; ■ Sōya Main Line; ■ Sekihoku Main Line; ■ Furano Line;
Distance	423.1 km from Hakodate
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	A28
Website	www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/a28_asahikawa.html
History
Opened	16 July 1898
Rebuilt	2010-2011
Passengers
FY2014	4,204 daily
Location
	Asahikawa Station Location within Japan

Asahikawa Station (旭川駅, Asahikawa-eki) is a railway station in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Asahikawa Station is the central train station for the city of Asahikawa, which is the second largest city in Hokkaido by population after Sapporo.

Lines

The station is the terminus for the following JR Hokkaido lines.

Hakodate Main Line
Sōya Main Line
Sekihoku Main Line (shin Asahikawa: terminus)
Furano Line

The station is numbered "A28".^[1]

Adjacent stations

789 and 785 series EMUs at Asahikawa Station on Super Kamui services, October 2011

«	Service
Hakodate Main Line
Fukagawa (A24)	Limited Express Kamui / Lilac	Terminus
Fukagawa (A24) or Terminus	Limited Express Sōya / Sarobetsu	(Wassamu)
Fukagawa (A24) or Terminus	Limited Express Okhotsk / Taisetsu	(Kamikawa)
Chikabumi (A27)	Local	Terminus
Sōya Main Line
(Fukagawa) or Terminus	Limited Express Sōya / Sarobetsu	Wassamu (W38)
Terminus	Rapid Nayoro	Nagayama (W31) Asahikawa-Yojō (A29)
Terminus	Local	Asahikawa-Yojō (A29)
Sekihoku Main Line
(Fukagawa) or Terminus	Limited Express Okhotsk / Taisetsu	Kamikawa (A43)
Terminus	Limited Rapid Kitami	Asahikawa-Yojō (A29)
Terminus	Local	Asahikawa-Yojō (A29)
Furano Line
Kaguraoka (F29)	Local	Terminus

History

Asahikawa Station in August 2006 before rebuilding

Asahikawa Station opened in 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

The first phase of a new elevated station building opened on 10 October 2010. The entire station complex was completed in autumn 2011^[2]

References

^ "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ 旭川駅が高架開業 [Asahikawa elevated station building opens]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

External links

JR Hokkaido Asahikawa Station information (in Japanese)
Ekikara Time Table - Asahikawa Station (in Japanese)

[1] "JR Hokkaido Route Map" (PDF). Hokkaido Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[railfan20101012-2] 旭川駅が高架開業 [Asahikawa elevated station building opens]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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