Kumamoto Station

Railway and tram station in Kumamoto, Japan

Kumamoto Station

熊本駅

Kumamoto Station in 2021

General information
Location| 3-15-1 Kasuga, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken
Japan
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)|

* Kyūshū Shinkansen
* Kagoshima Main Line
* Hōhi Main Line

Connections|  Bus terminal
History
Opened| 1 July 1891; 133 years ago (1891-07-01)
Passengers
FY2020| 9,465
Rank| 10th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR Kyushu | Following station

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Sendai

towards Kagoshima-Chūō

|  | Kyūshū Shinkansen

Mizuho

|  | Kurume

towards Hakata

Shin-Yatsushiro

towards Kagoshima-Chūō

|  | Kyūshū Shinkansen

Sakura

Tsubame

|  | Shin-Tamana

towards Hakata

Location

Tatsutaguchi Station

Location within Kumamoto Prefecture

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Tatsutaguchi Station

Tatsutaguchi Station (Japan)

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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] It is the main terminal station for the city. In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.

## Lines

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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

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* Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu \- Hitoyoshi)
* Kumagawa (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi)

## Platforms

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Shinkansen platforms 0A, 0B, 0C | ■ Trans-Kyushu Limited Express | for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi

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■ 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 |  Kyushu Shinkansen  | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
13, 14 |  Kyushu Shinkansen  | for Kagoshima-Chūō

### Adjacent stations

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<- |  | Service |  | ->

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Kagoshima Main Line
Terminus | Rapid Super Orange  | Yatsushiro
Kami-Kumamoto | Rapid Kumamoto Liner  | Kawashiri
Kami-Kumamoto  | Local  | Nishi-Kumamoto
Hōhi Main Line
Terminus | Rapid Hōhi Liner  | Shin-Suizenji
Terminus | Local  | Heisei

## Passenger statistics

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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

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. ^ a b "熊本駅" [Kumamoto Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

## External links

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Media related to Kumamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Kumamoto Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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Stations of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line

Mojikō–Yatsushiro|

* Mojikō
* Komorie
* Moji
* Kitakyushu Freight Terminal
* Higashi-Kokura Freight Terminal
* Kokura
* Nishi-Kokura
* Hama-Kokura Freight Terminal
* Kyūshūkōdaimae
* Tobata
* Edamitsu
* Space World
* Yahata
* Kurosaki
* Jinnoharu
* Orio
* Mizumaki
* Ongagawa
* Ebitsu
* Kyōikudaimae
* Akama
* Tōgō
* Higashi-Fukuma
* Fukuma
* Chidori
* Koga
* Shishibu
* Shingū-Chūō
* Fukkōdaimae
* Kyusandaimae
* Kashii
* Chihaya
* Chihaya Yard
* Hakozaki
* Yoshizuka
* Hakata
* Takeshita
* Sasabaru
* Minami-Fukuoka
* Kasuga
* Ōnojō
* Mizuki
* Tofurōminami
* Futsukaichi
* Tenpaizan
* Haruda
* Keyakidai
* Kiyama
* Yayoigaoka
* Tashiro
* Tosu
* Hizen-Asahi
* Kurume
* Araki
* Nishimuta
* Hainuzuka
* Chikugo-Funagoya
* Setaka
* Minami-Setaka
* Wataze
* Yoshino
* Ginsui
* Ōmuta
* Arao
* Minami-Arao
* Nagasu
* Ōnoshimo
* Tamana
* Higo-Ikura
* Konoha
* Tabaruzaka
* Ueki
* Nishisato
* Sōjōdaigakumae
* Kami-Kumamoto
* Kumamoto
* Nishi-Kumamoto
* Kawashiri
* Tomiai
* Uto
* Matsubase
* Ogawa
* Arisa
* Senchō
* Shin-Yatsushiro
* Yatsushiro

JA JB

Sendai–Kagoshima|

* Sendai
* Kumanojo
* Kobanchaya
* Kushikino
* Kamimuragakuenmae
* Ichiki
* Yunomoto
* Higashi-Ichiki
* Ijuin
* Satsuma-Matsumoto
* Kami-Ijuin
* Hiroki
* Kagoshima-Chuo
* Kagoshima

Freight Branch|

* Kashii
* Chihaya Yard

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Stations of the JR Hōhi Main Line

* Kumamoto
* Heisei
* Minami-Kumamoto
* Shin-Suizenji
* Suizenji
* Tōkai-Gakuen-mae
* Tatsutaguchi
* Musashizuka
* Hikarinomori
* Sanrigi
* Haramizu
* Higo-Ōzu
* Seta
* Tateno (>>for Takamori, Takamori Line)
* Akamizu
* Ichinokawa
* Uchinomaki
* Aso
* Ikoi-no-Mura
* Miyaji
* Namino
* Takimizu
* Bungo-Ogi
* Tamarai
* Bungo-Taketa
* Asaji
* Ogata
* Bungo-Kiyokawa
* Miemachi
* Sugao
* Inukai
* Takenaka
* Nakahanda
* Ōita-Daigaku-mae
* Shikido
* Takio
* Ōita

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