Kusamichi Station | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Mizuhikicho, Satsumasendai-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-1921 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 31.8544°N 130.2335°W |
Operator: | Hisatsu Orange Railway Co., Ltd. |
Line: | Hisatsu Orange Railway Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | OR26 |
Original: | Japanese Government Railways |
Passengers: | 49 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kusamichi Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway.[1] [2]
The station is served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and Sendai. It is located 107.3 km from the starting point of the line at .[1]
The station consists of two side platforms at street level. There is no station building, but only a small waiting shelter and the station is unattended.
Nishikata Station was opened on 1 July 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Sendai Line, which was incorporated into the Kagoshima Main Line on 17 October 1927. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway.
The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 49 people. [3]