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Asahikawa Station旭川駅
Asahikawa Station before rebuilding, August 2006 Location Prefecture Hokkaidō
(See other stations in Hokkaidō)City Asahikawa Neighborhood etc. 8-chōme Miyashitadōri (in Japanese) 宮下通8丁目 History Year opened 1898 Rail services Station number(s) A28 Operator(s) JR Hokkaido Asahikawa Station (旭川駅 Asahikawa-eki) is a railway station located in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).
Asahikawa Station is the central train station of Asahikawa City, which is third by population in Northern Japan after Sendai City, and second after Sapporo City in Hokkaido.
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Lines
The station is the terminus for a number of JR Hokkaido lines in Hokkaido.
- Hakodate Main Line
- Sōya Main Line
- Sekihoku Main Line (The starting point is actually at Shin-Asahikawa Station, however all Local (普通) trains originate and terminate at Asahikawa Station.)
- Furano Line
Adjacent stations
789 and 785 series EMUs at Asahikawa Station on Super Kamui services, October 2011
« Service » Hakodate Main Line Chikabumi Local Terminus Fukagawa Limited Express
Super KamuiTerminus Fukagawa Limited Express
Super Sōya / Sarobetsu(Wassamu) Fukagawa Limited Express
Okhotsk(Kamikawa) Sōya Main Line (Fukagawa) Limited Express
Super Sōya / SarobetsuWassamu Terminus Rapid service
NayoroNagayama
Asahikawa-YojōTerminus Local Asahikawa-Yojō Sekihoku Main Line Terminus Local Asahikawa-Yojō (Fukagawa) Limited Express
OkhotskKamikawa Terminus Limited Rapid Express
KitamiTōma Furano Line Kaguraoka Local Terminus History
Asahikawa Station opened in 1898.
The first phase of a new elevated station building opened on 10 October 2010. The entire station complex is scheduled to be completed by autumn 2011[1]
References
- ^ "旭川駅が高架開業 [Asahikawa elevated station building opens]" (in Japanese). Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd.. 12 October 2010. http://railf.jp/news/2010/10/12/172800.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Asahikawa Station at Wikimedia Commons- JR Hokkaido Asahikawa Station information (Japanese)
- Ekikara Time Table - Asahikawa Station (Japanese)
Stations of the JR Hakodate Main Line Hakodate - Goryōkaku - Kikyō - Ōnakayama - Nanae - Oshima-Ōno - Niyama - Ōnuma - Ōnuma-Kōen - Akaigawa - Komagatake - Higashiyama - Himekawa - Mori - Katsuragawa - Ishiya - Hon-Ishikura - Ishikura - Otoshibe - Nodaoi - Yamakoshi - Yakumo - Washinosu - Yamasaki - Kuroiwa - Kita-Toyotsu - Kunnui - Nakanosawa - Oshamambe - Futamata - Warabitai - Kuromatsunai - Neppu - Mena - Rankoshi - Konbu - Niseko - Hirafu - Kutchan - Kozawa - Ginzan - Shikaribetsu - Niki - Yoichi - Ranshima - Shioya - Otaru - Minami-Otaru - Otaru-Chikkō - Asari - Zenibako - Hoshimi - Hoshioki - Inaho - Teine - Inazumi-Kōen - Hassamu - Hassamu-Chūō - Kotoni - Sōen - Sapporo - Naebo - Shiroishi - Atsubetsu - Shinrin-Kōen - Ōasa - Nopporo - Takasago - Ebetsu - Toyohoro - Horomui - Kami-Horomui - Iwamizawa - Minenobu - Kōshunai - Bibai - Chashinai - Naie - Toyonuma - Sunagawa - Takikawa - Ebeotsu - Moseushi - Fukagawa - Osamunai - Inō - Chikabumi - Asahikawa
Branch Line
Ōnuma - Ikedaen - Nagareyama-Onsen - Chōshiguchi - Shikabe - Oshima-Numajiri - Oshima-Sawara - Kakarima - Oshironai - Higashi-Mori - MoriStations of the Sōya Main Line Asahikawa - Asahikawa-Yojō - Shin-Asahikawa - Kita-Asahikawa Freight Terminal -
Nishi-Nagayama- Nagayama - Kita-Nagayama - Minami-Pippu - Pippu - Kita-Pippu - Ranru - Shiokari - Wassamu - Higashi-Rokusen - Kembuchi - Kita-Kembuchi - Shibetsu - Shimo-Shibetsu - Tayoro - Mizuho - Fūren - Higashi-Fūren - Nayoro - Nisshin -Chitō- Hokusei - Chiebun - Chihoku - Minami-Bifuka - Bifuka - Hatsuno - Momponai - Onnenai - Toyoshimizu - Teshiogawa-Onsen - Sakkuru - Otoineppu - Osashima -Kamiji- Saku -Kotohira- Teshio-Nakagawa -Shimo-Nakagawa- Utanai - Toikanbetsu - Nukanan -Kami-Onoppunai- Onoppunai - Yasuushi - Minami-Horonobe - Kami-Horonobe - Horonobe -Minami-Shimonuma- Shimonuma - Toyotomi - Tokumitsu -Ashikawa- Kabutonuma - Yūchi - Bakkai - Minami-Wakkanai - Wakkanai
Station Name: Stations no longer in use or have been removed.Stations of the JR Sekihoku Line (Asahikawa - Asahikawa-Yojō -) Shin-Asahikawa - Minami-Nagayama - Higashi-Asahikawa - Kita-Hinode - Sakuraoka - Tōma - Shōgunzan - Ikaushi - Aibetsu - Naka-Aibetsu - Aizan - Antaroma - Tōun - Kamikawa - (Nakakoshi) - (Kamikoshi) - (Oku-Shirataki) - Kami-Shirataki - Shirataki - Kyū-Shirataki - Shimo-Shirataki - Maruseppu - Setose - Engaru - Yasukuni - Ikuno - Ikutahara - (Jōmon) - Kanehana - Nishi-Rubeshibe - Rubeshibe - Ainonai - Higashi-Ainonai - Nishi-Kitami - Kitami - Hakuyō - Itoshino - Tanno - Hiushinai - Bihoro - Nishi-Memambetsu - Memambetsu - Yobito - Abashiri
Stations of the Furano Line Furano - Gakuden - Shikauchi - Naka-Furano - Lavender Farm (Special Event) - Nishinaka - Kami-Furano - Bibaushi - Biei - Kita-Biei - Chiyogaoka - Nishi-Seiwa - Nishi-Kagura - Nishi-Mizuho - Nishi-Goryō - Midorigaoka - Kaguraoka - Asahikawa
Coordinates: 43°45′47″N 142°21′32″E / 43.763005°N 142.358995°ECategories:- Railway stations in Hokkaidō Prefecture
- Railway stations opened in 1898
- Stations of Hokkaidō Railway Company
- Sōya Main Line
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