Kusano Station (Fukushima)

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
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
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 Iwaki towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Yotsukura towards Sendai
Location Kusano Station Location within Fukushima Prefecture Show map of Fukushima Prefecture Kusano Station Kusano Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

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

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

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

Surrounding area

• Kusano Post Office
• National Route 6

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)