is a railway station located in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a Core city since April 1, 2000...

, Japan. It is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company

Hokkaido Railway Company

The is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group , and thus often known as . It operates intercity rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a smart card ticketing system, from autumn 2008....

 (JR Hokkaido).

Asahikawa Station is the central train station of Asahikawa City, which is third by population in Northern Japan after Sendai City, and second after Sapporo City in Hokkaido.

Lines

The station is the terminus for a number of JR Hokkaido lines in Hokkaido.

• Hakodate Main Line
  Hakodate Main Line
  is a railway line between the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa in Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of the trunk lines operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company ....
  
  
• Sōya Main Line
• Sekihoku Main Line (The starting point is actually at Shin-Asahikawa Station
  Shin-Asahikawa Station
  is a train station located in Higashi-8-Jō 6-chōme, Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, and is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.-Lines Serviced:*JR Hokkaidō*Sōya Main Line...
  
  , however all Local (普通) trains originate and terminate at Asahikawa Station.)
• Furano Line
  Furano Line
  The is part of the Hokkaido Railway Company network in Hokkaidō, Japan. It connects Furano Station in the city of Furano and Asahikawa Station in the city of Asahikawa...
  
  

Adjacent stations

History

Asahikawa Station opened in 1898.

The first phase of a new elevated station building opened on 10 October 2010. The entire station complex is scheduled to be completed by autumn 2011

External links

• JR Hokkaido Asahikawa Station information
• Ekikara Time Table - Asahikawa Station