Kusano Station (Fukushima)

Kusano Station
草野駅
Kusano Station, January 2013
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; 140.94750Coordinates: 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 Staffed
Website Official website
History
Opened August 29, 1897
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 414 daily
Location
Kusano Station
Location within Japan

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

Lines

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

Kusano Station has an island platform and a side platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[1]

Platforms

1 ■ Jōban Line for Iwaki and Mito
2 ■ Jōban Line for starting trains
3 ■ Jōban Line for Yotsukura and Tomioka

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Jōban Line
Iwaki Local Yotsukura

History

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

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 414 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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). 50. Asahi Newspaper Publishing. 2013-08-04. p. 27. ASIN B00DNBCZL0.
  2. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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