Asagiri Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line (also referred to as the JR Kobe Line), and is located 17.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 50.1 kilometers from Osaka.
Station layout
The station consists of one island platform and two tracks. It also features two additional bypass tracks which are normally utilized by Special Rapid train service. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Limited Express Super Hakuto: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Hamakaze: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Limited Express Rakuraku Harima: Does not stop at this station
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
History
Asagiri Station opened on 20 June 1968. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Eleven people were killed and 247 injured in the Akashi pedestrian bridge accident that occurred on a pedestrian bridge leading to the station on 21 July 2001.[2]
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Asagiri being assigned station number JR-A72.[3][4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 16,069 passengers daily[5]
^"近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^"「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^兵庫県統計書令和元年(2019) [Hyogo Prefectural Statistics Reiwa First Year (2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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