Asaka Station | |
Native Name: | 浅香駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 9-1, Asakayamacho Sancho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0012 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.5856°N 135.5022°W |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Hanwa Line |
Distance: | 7.9km (04.9miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Structure: | Elevated (embankment) |
Code: | JR-R27 |
Status: | Staffed |
Former: | Hanwa Asakayama (to 1941); Yamate Asakayama (to 1944) |
Passengers: | 2223 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Asaka Station |
is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Asaka Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located 7.9 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
Asaka Station opened on September 3, 1937, as the . It was renamed 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]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2223 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]