Kita-Kumamoto Station - Wikipedia

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Kita-Kumamoto Station 北熊本駅
Kita-Kumamoto Station entrance
General information
Location	1 Murozonomachi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 861-8072 Japan
Coordinates	32°49′39″N 130°43′19″E / 32.8276°N 130.7220°E
Operated by	Kumamoto Electric Railway
Line(s)	■ Kikuchi Line ■ Fujisaki Line
Distance	3.4 km from Kami-Kumamoto
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Station code	KD08
History
Opened	1 April 1949
Services
Preceding station Kumamoto Electric Railway Following station Tsuboigawa-kōen towards Kami-Kumamoto Kikuchi Line Terminus through to Fujisaki Line Kamei towards Miyoshi Kurokamimachi towards Fujisakigū-mae Fujisaki Line through to Kikuchi Line
Location Kita-Kumamoto Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Kita-Kumamoto Station Kita-Kumamoto Station (Japan)

Kita-Kumamoto Station (北熊本駅, Kita-Kumamoto-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Kumamoto Electric Railway.^{[1] [2]}

The station is served by the Kikuchi Line and is located 3.4 bsp;km from the starting point of the line at Kami-Kumamoto. It is also a terminus of the 2.3 kilometer Fujisaki Line to Fujisakigū-mae Station.^[1]Only local trains serve the station^[3]

Kita-Kumamoto is an above-ground station with one side platform and one island platform connected by a level crossing (for a total of two platforms and three tracks), as well as several sidings and a maintenance shed (car depot).

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  View of platforms from level crossing

The station was opened on 1 April 1949.

In fiscal 2018 the station was used by an average of 1017 passengers daily.^[4]

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