Railway and tram station in Kumamoto, Japan
Kumamoto Station in 2021
Location 3-15-1 Kasuga, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken Coordinates 32°47′24″N 130°41′20″E / 32.79000°N 130.68889°E / 32.79000; 130.68889 Operated by JR Kyushu Line(s) Connections Opened 1 July 1891; 133 years ago (1891-07-01 ) FY2020 9,465 Rank 10th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location within Kumamoto Prefecture
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Kumamoto Station (熊本駅 Kumamoto-eki ) is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto , Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu .[ 1] [ 2] tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.
Lines
Kumamoto is an intermediate station of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 118.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hakata and 740.7 kilometers from Shin-Osaka . It is also an intermediate staton for the Kagoshima Main Line , of which it is 196.6 kilometers from the starting point at Mojikō . The station is also the western terminus of the 148.0 kilometer Hōhi Main Line to Oita .[ 2] [ 3]
JR limited express trains
Shinkansen platforms
0A, 0B, 0C
■ Trans-Kyushu Limited Express for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi
■ Limited Express Kumagawa for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi
■ Hohi Main Line
for Suizenji , Musashizuka , Higo-Ōzu , and Miyaji
1
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Yatsushiro
■ Misumi Line
for Misumi
2
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Tamana , Arao and Ōmuta
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Yatsushiro
■ Misumi Line
for Misumi
3
■ Limited Express Ariake for Tamana, Arao, Ōmuta, Kurume , Tosu , and Hakata
■ Trans-Kyushu Limited Express
for Miyaji, Oita , and Beppu
■ Limited Express Kumagawa
for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi
■ Limited Express Aso Boy for Aso and Miyaji
■ SL Hitoyoshi for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi
■ Limited Express A-Train for Misumi
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Tamana, Arao and Ōmuta
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Yatsushiro
4
■ Hohi Main Line
for Suizenji, Musashizuka, Higo-Ōzu and Miyaji
■ Misumi Line
for Misumi
5
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Tamana, Arao, Ōmuta, Ginsui , and Tosu
■ Kagoshima Main Line
for Yatsushiro
■ Hohi Main Line
for Suizenji, Musashizuka, Higo-Ōzu and Miyaji
11, 12
for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
13, 14
for Kagoshima-Chūō
Adjacent stations
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 9,465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 10th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[ 4]
See also
References
^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF) . JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018 .^ a b "熊本駅" [Kumamoto Station]. hacchi-no-he.net . Retrieved 18 April 2018 .^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area ] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 77. ISBN 9784062951654 ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF) . Retrieved 2023-09-08 .
External links
Kumamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons
Mojikō–Yatsushiro JA JB
Sendai–Kagoshima Freight Branch
