Hizen-Asahi Station


Hizen-Asahi Station is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 110.4 km from the starting point of the line at. Only local trains on the line stop at the station.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks at grade. A siding branches off each of the two tracks near the station. The station building is a small concrete structure which is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine, a Sugoca charge machine and a Sugoca card reader. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.

Adjacent stations

History

On 23 December 1928, Japanese Government Railways opened the Asahi Signal Box at the present location of the station. On 7 June 1934, the facility was upgraded to a full station and renamed Hizen-Asahi. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 650 passengers daily, and it ranked 215th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.