Asahigaoka Station (Miyagi)

Asahigaoka Station (旭ヶ丘駅, Asahigaoka eki) is a subway station on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[1]

N04 Asahigaoka Station 旭ヶ丘駅
Asahigaoka Station in June 2008
Location	25-15, Asahigaoka 3-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-0904 Japan
Coordinates	38°17′43″N 140°53′01″E
Operated by	Sendai Subway
Line(s)	■ Namboku Line
Distance	3.3 km from Izumi-Chūō
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	N04
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 July 1987
Passengers
FY2015	6,839 daily
Location
N04 Asahigaoka Station Location within Japan

The platforms

Lines

Asahigaoka Station is on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line and is located 3.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Izumi-Chūō.

Station layout

Asahigaoka Station is an underground station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Namboku Line	■ for Sendai, Tomizawa
2	■ Nanboku Line	■ for Izumi-Chūō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Kuromatsu (N03)		-	Dainohara(N05)

History

Asahigaoka Station was opened on 15 July 1987. Operations were suspended from 11 March 2011 to 29 April 2012 due to damage sustained by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 6,839 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

• Sendai Science Museum
• Dainohara Forest Park
• Sendai Youth Culture Center
• Sendai-Kita Post Office
• Sendai Dainohara Post Office
• Asahigaoka and Nankodai residential districts

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 地下鉄利用ガイド　旭ヶ丘駅 [Subway Usage Guide: Asahigaoka Station] (in Japanese). 仙台市交通局. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
2. 仙台市地下鉄 駅別乗車人員の推移 [Sendai city underground station passenger statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai city. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)