Kusano Station (Fukushima)

Railway station in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Kusano Station

草野駅

Kusano Station, January 2013

General information
Location| Taira Izumisaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken 970-0112
Japan
Coordinates| 37°04′26″N 140°56′51″E﻿ / ﻿37.07389°N 140.94750°E﻿ / 37.07389; 140.94750
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Jōban Line
Distance| 214.8 km from Nippori
Platforms| 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks| 3
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| August 29, 1897
Passengers
FY2018| 397 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Iwaki

towards Shinagawa

|  | Jōban Line

Local-Futsuu

|  | Yotsukura

towards Sendai

Location

Kusano Station

Location within Fukushima Prefecture

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Kusano Station

Kusano Station (Japan)

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Kusano Station (草野駅, Kusano-eki) is a railway station in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines[edit]

Kusano Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 214.8 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.[1]

## Station layout[edit]

The station has an island platform and a side platform connected by a footbridge. It became an unstaffed station on March 14, 2020.[1]

### Platforms[edit]

1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki, Isohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta and Mito

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2 | ■ Jōban Line  | for starting trains
3 | ■ Jōban Line  | for Yotsukura, Hirono Tomioka, Namie and Haranomachi

## History[edit]

Kusano Station opened on August 29, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] Services were suspended from March 11 to April 17, 2011, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 397 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Kusano Post Office
* National Route 6

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kusano Station (Fukushima).

* Official website (in Japanese)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c 郡山駅・会津若松駅・三春駅ほか (Koriyama Station, Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, Miharu Station, etc). 週刊 JR全駅・全車両基地 (in Japanese). Vol. 50\. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. p. 27\. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.
2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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Stations of the Jōban Line

* (Shinagawa
* Shimbashi
* Tokyo via Ueno-Tokyo Line<<)
* Ueno
* Nippori
* Mikawashima
* Minami-Senju
* Kita-Senju
* Matsudo
* Kashiwa
* Abiko
* Tennōdai
* Toride
* Fujishiro
* Ryūgasakishi
* Ushiku
* Hitachino-Ushiku
* Arakawaoki
* Tsuchiura
* Kandatsu
* Takahama
* Ishioka
* Hatori
* Iwama
* Tomobe
* Uchihara
* Akatsuka
* Kairakuen
* Mito
* Katsuta
* Sawa
* Tōkai
* Ōmika
* Hitachi-Taga
* Hitachi
* Ogitsu
* Jūō
* Takahagi
* Minami-Nakagō
* Isohara
* Ōtsukō
* Nakoso
* Ueda
* Izumi
* Yumoto
* Uchigō
* Iwaki
* Kusano
* Yotsukura
* Hisanohama
* Suetsugi
* Hirono
* J-Village
* Kido
* Tatsuta
* Tomioka
* Yonomori
* Ōno
* Futaba
* Namie
* Momouchi
* Odaka
* Iwaki-Ōta
* Haranomachi
* Kashima
* Nittaki
* Sōma
* Komagamine
* Shinchi
* Sakamoto
* Yamashita
* Hamayoshida
* Watari
* Ōkuma
* Iwanuma
* (Tatekoshi
* Natori
* Minami-Sendai
* Taishidō
* Nagamachi
* Sendai via Tōhoku Main Line)

Freight Line

Tabata
Mikawashima
Minami-Senju

Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted.

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