Asaka Station opened on September 3, 1937, as the Hanwa-Asakayama Stop (阪和浅香山停留場, Hanwa-Asaka Teiryujo). It was renamed Yamate-Asakayama Stop (山手浅香山停留場, Yamate-Asaka Teiryujo) on August 1, 1941, and to its present name on May 1, 1944. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Asaka being assigned station number JR-R27.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2223 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
^"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.
^大阪府統計年鑑(令和2年度刊行) [Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Osaka Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.[permanent dead link]