Asahikawa Station

Asahikawa Station 旭川駅
File:Asahikawa Station Birdview.jpg Asahikawa Station before rebuilding, August 2006
Location	8-chōme Miyashitadōri, Asahikawa, Hokkaido （宮下通8丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Other information
Station code	A28
History
Opened	1898

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 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 all-stations "Local" trains originate and terminate at Asahikawa Station.)
• Furano Line

Adjacent stations

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

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Front of the station

«		Service	»
Hakodate Main Line
Chikabumi		Local	Terminus
Fukagawa		Limited Express Super Kamui	Terminus
Fukagawa		Limited Express Super Sōya / Sarobetsu	(Wassamu)
Fukagawa		Limited Express Okhotsk	(Kamikawa)
Sōya Main Line
(Fukagawa)		Limited Express Super Sōya / Sarobetsu	Wassamu
Terminus		Rapid service Nayoro	Nagayama Asahikawa-Yojō
Terminus		Local	Asahikawa-Yojō
Sekihoku Main Line
Terminus		Local	Asahikawa-Yojō
(Fukagawa)		Limited Express Okhotsk	Kamikawa
Terminus		Limited Rapid Express Kitami	Tōma
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 was completed in autumn 2011

External links

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