Minami-Kusatsu Station


Minami-Kusatsu Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. It is sometimes popularly referred to simply as "Minakusa"
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Lines

Minami-Kusatsu Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 48.0 kilometers from and 493.9 kilometers from.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History

The station opened on 4 September 1994, following a successful petition for its construction by Kusatsu. The city contributed about ¥3 billion of the total ¥30 billion costs of construction. The station has stimulated urban growth in the surrounding area, especially after the opening of Ritsumeikan University's Biwako-Kusatsu Campus in 1994.
Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Minami-Kusatsu being assigned station number JR-A25.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30,443 passengers in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest station by traffic in the West Japan Railway Company's network.

Surrounding area