Asahi Station (Nagano)

Railway station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
36°39′58.2″N 138°14′29.0″E / 36.666167°N 138.241389°E / 36.666167; 138.241389Operated by Nagano Electric RailwayLine(s)■ Nagano Electric Railway Nagano LineDistance6.3 km from NaganoPlatforms1 island platformTracks2Other informationStation codeN8WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened28 June 1926PassengersFY20161061
Location
Asahi Station is located in Japan
Asahi Station
Asahi Station
Location within Japan

Asahi Station (朝陽駅, Asahi-eki) is a railway station on the Nagano Line in the northeastern part of the city of Nagano, Japan. It is owned and operated by the private railway operating company Nagano Electric Railway. Asahi Station is the closest railroad station to the Aqua Wing Arena which was the B-Arena for ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Aqua Wing, today, is a public pool located in Nagano Sports Park (長野運動公園, Nagano undou kouen).

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 Nagano Station and 27 km from the opposite terminus at Yudanaka Station. Both the local train and Express B trains stop at Asahi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The staffed station building itself consists of one automatic ticket machine. 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 railroad switches. At the eastern end of the platform, the tracks merge to a single track which runs to Fuzokuchūgakumae Station 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

1 ■ Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line for Suzaka, Shinshū-Nakano and Yudanaka
2 ■ Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line for Gondō and Nagano

Access

The Nagano City Busy, "Tohoku Gururingo" stops at Asahi Station.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagano Electric Railway
Express-A: Does not stop at this station
Shinano-Yoshida   Express-B   Suzaka
Shinano-Yoshida   Local   Fuzokuchūgakumae

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).[2]

Fiscal year Daily average
2005 989
2006 998
2007 987
2008 981
2009 980
2010 985
2011 970
2012 961
2013 959
2014 998
2015 1060
2016 1061

Surrounding area

Aqua Wing Arena

Gallery

Asahi Station (Nagano)
  • Mount Iizuna from Asahi Station platform
    Mount Iizuna from Asahi Station platform
  • Asahi Station tracks covered in snow
    Asahi Station tracks covered in snow
  • Access route to Asahi Station platform
    Access route to Asahi Station platform
  • Asahi Station single-track to Yanagihara Station
    Asahi Station single-track to Yanagihara Station

See also

References

  1. ^ Nagaden Bus. "長野市循環バス「東北ぐるりん号」時刻表". 長電グループ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  2. ^ 84 地方鉄道(JRを除く)駅別乗降旅客人員 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-25.

External links

  • Official website (in Japanese)