Asahi (Chiba)

Weekday departures: 53/day · Sat & holiday departures: 51/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:15 / 23:51

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (4)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Sōbu Main Line: Iioka ⇄ Higata

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.

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.