Summary
Kusano Station (草野駅, Kusano-eki) is a railway station in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kusano Station 草野駅 | |||||||||||
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 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 | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 214.8 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 29, 1897 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2018 | 397 daily | ||||||||||
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  Kusano Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture  Kusano Station Kusano Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
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 |
| 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
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.