Kusatsu-minami Station explained

Kusatsu-minami
Native Name:	草津南
Style:	Hiroden
Line:	Hiroden █ Miyajima Line Route
Opened:	April 6, 1924
Code:	M24
Operator:	Hiroshima Electric Railway

Kusatsu-minami is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in Kusatsu-minami, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima.^[1]

Routes

From Kusatsu-minami Station, there is one of Hiroden Streetcar routes.

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route

Connections

█ Miyajima Line

Kusatsu — Kusatsu-minami — Shoko Center-iriguchi

Around station

• Hiroden Arate train shed
• Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market
• Kusatcu Fishing Port - the birthplace of oyster culture

History

• Opened as "Arate" on April 6, 1924.
• Renamed to "Chuo-ichiba-mae" on September 1, 1951.
• Renamed to the present name "Kusatsu-minami", on November 1, 1979.

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

34.3782°N 132.3986°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Jikkenjo, Kyōto Daigaku Seto Rinkai. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 1966. Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. en.