Timetable information
Weekday departures: 53/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 51/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:15 / 23:51
Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (4)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 to 5 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.
Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:
- Sobu Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line
Location
History
Asahi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as Asahichō Station on the Sōbu Railway, handling both passenger and freight traffic on the route between Honjo and Chōshi. The line was nationalised on 1 September 1907, placing the stop under the Imperial Railway Agency and later the Japanese National Railways. Following the city of Asahi's 1954 incorporation, the station was renamed Asahi on 1 October 1959, and the present station building was completed in 1966. Scheduled freight handling ended on 1 July 1973, and the Shiosai limited express began stopping there in March 1975. The stop passed to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and Suica acceptance arrived in March 2009.
Notes
Because JR Shikoku operates a Dosan Line station of the same name in Kōchi, JR East ticket-machine output prefixes this stop with "(総)" to distinguish the two.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18