History
Ashigakubo Station opened on 14 October 1969 on the Seibu Chichibu Line at Ashigakubo in the town of Yokoze, Chichibu District, Saitama Prefecture, operated by Seibu Railway. It became a limited-express stop in 1973, but in March 1998 most limited expresses were diverted to nearby Yokoze and Ashigakubo's stops became seasonal; the remaining "Okuchichibu" runs were withdrawn in March 2003, leaving only sporadic stops. From 1 March 2023 the station was downgraded from staffed to a patrol-only halt, ending counter ticketing and IC-card top-ups on site. Network-wide station numbering made it SI34 in fiscal 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Trains slow as they pass the station during the annual Ashigakubo Icicles winter illumination, one of Chichibu's "three great icicle" sites near the station.