• Source: Minami-Kumamoto Station

      • Minami-Kumamoto Station (南熊本駅, Minami-Kumamoto-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Chūō-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.


      Lines


      The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 3.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.


      Layout


      The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden structure of western design and houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge.
      Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.


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      History


      On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Miyagi Light Rail Line (宮地軽便線) (later the Miyagi Line) from Kumamoto eastwards to Higo-Ōzu. On the same day, this station was opened with the name Harutake Station (春竹駅) as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the Inukai Line (犬飼線) which had been built westward from Ōita. On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi Main Line. On 1 May 1940, the station was renamed Minami-Kumamoto. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.


      Passenger statistics


      In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 822 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 158tht among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.


      Surrounding area


      Kumamoto City Harutake Elementary School
      Minami-Kumamoto Hospital
      Kumamoto University Hospital


      See also


      List of railway stations in Japan


      References




      External links


      Media related to Minami-Kumamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons

      Minami-Kumamoto (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)

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