Asaka (Saitama)

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Asaka Station opened on 1 May 1914 as Hizaori Station (膝折駅) with the Tōjō Railway line from Ikebukuro. It was renamed Asaka on 10 May 1932. A military spur to an Imperial Army clothing depot was laid in 1941. Quadruple-tracking of the Wakōshi–Shiki section entered service on 25 August 1987; the station has two island platforms serving four tracks. Departure melodies came into use on 18 March 2008, and the north entrance was renamed the east entrance on 1 April 2008. The 'EQUiA Asaka' retail concourse opened on 28 April 2010. Platform doors entered service on 23 March 2019 (tracks 3-4) and 14 March 2020 (tracks 1-2). Asaka became an Express stop in the 18 March 2023 revision.

Asaka's south plaza carries a monument honouring the singer Minako Honda, erected on 31 July 2007 as part of the station-plaza redevelopment and unveiled on the 40th anniversary of her birth; at the press of a button it plays her singing of 'Shin Sekai' ('New World').