Shin-Asahi Station 新旭駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Shin-Asahi Station, July 2012 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Shinasahi-cho Asahi 917-2, Takashima-shi, Shiga-ken 520-1501 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°21′19″N 136°02′06″E / 35.3552°N 136.0349°E | ||||||||||
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Distance | 48.3 km from Yamashina | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Accessible | None | ||||||||||
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Station code | JR-B15 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 20 July 1974 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 1129 daily | ||||||||||
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Shin-Asahi Station (新旭駅, Shin-Asahi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Shin-Asahi Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is 48.3 kilometres (30.0 miles) from the starting point of the line at Yamashina and 53.8 kilometres (33.4 miles) from Kyoto.
The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.
1 | ■ Kosei Line | for Ōmi-Imazu and Tsuruga |
2 | ■ Kosei Line | for Katata and Kyoto |
The station opened on 20 July 1974 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). [1] The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Shin-Asahi being assigned station number JR-B15. [2] [3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1129 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [4]
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