Minami-Kusatsu Station

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

Minami-Kusatsu Station

南草津駅
Minami-Kusatsu Station west gate, September 2007
General information
Other namesMinakusa
Location1-14-1, Noji, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga-ken 525-0050
Japan
Coordinates35°0′13.5″N 135°56′50.21″E / 35.003750°N 135.9472806°E / 35.003750; 135.9472806
Operated byWest Japan Railway Company JR West
Line(s) Biwako Line
Distance48.0 km from Maibara
Platforms2 island platforms
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
Station code JR-A25 
History
Opened4 September 1994
Passengers
201930,443 (#26, JR West stations)
Location
Minami-Kusatsu Station is located in Shiga Prefecture
Minami-Kusatsu Station
Minami-Kusatsu Station
Location within Shiga Prefecture
Minami-Kusatsu Station is located in Japan
Minami-Kusatsu Station
Minami-Kusatsu Station
Minami-Kusatsu Station (Japan)
Minami-Kusatsu Station ticket gates, February 2007

Lines

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

Station layout

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

Platforms

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1  Biwako Line for Kyoto and Osaka (partly)
2  Biwako Line for Kyoto and Osaka
3  Biwako Line for Kusatsu and Maibara
4  Biwako Line for Kusatsu and Maibara (partly)
(Kusatsu Line) for Kusatsu and Kibukawa

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Biwako Line
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka": Does not stop at this station
Kusatsu   Local   Seta
Kusatsu   Special Rapid   Ishiyama

History

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The station opened on 4 September 1994,[1] 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 (BKC) in 1994.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Minami-Kusatsu being assigned station number JR-A25.[2][3]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30,443 passengers (boarding passengers only) in 2019,[4] making it the 26th-busiest station by traffic in the West Japan Railway Company's network.

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). July 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). July 20, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "JR West Japan 2020, as seen by data". West Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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