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Kumamoto Station
Kumamoto Station (熊本駅 Kumamoto-eki) is the main railway terminal of the city of Kumamoto, Japan. It is located in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, and is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).
In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.
Lines
Kumamoto is an intermediate station of the Kyūshū Shinkansen and the Kagoshima Main Line and a terminal station of the Hōhi Main Line.
History
The station, one of the key stations of the railway network in the island of Kyushu, opened on July 1, 1891 when the Kyūshū Railway extended the railway (later named Kagoshima Main Line) from Tamana Station (then called Takase Station) to this station.
The Hōhi Main Line was opened on June 21, 1914 and the Kyushu Shinkansen was opened on March 12, 2011.
JR limited express trains
Platforms
(as of 4 June 2011)
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Kumamoto_Station
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Train inspired by anime "Demon Slayer" begins limited time run
Kyodo 01 Nov 2020
... Kumamoto Station on Nov ... The train operated by Kyushu Railway Co., which will run for a limited time only from Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto Prefecture to Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture, is a model from around 100 years ago -- the period in which the series and movie is set....
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Independent Record
20 Sep 2020
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Independent Record
20 Sep 2020
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Powerful Typhoon Haishen leaves 4 missing, injures more than 50 in Japan
Kyodo 07 Sep 2020
The man, who runs the construction company, is the husband of the missing woman ... Kyushu Railway Co ... JR Hakata Station on Sept. 7, 2020. (Kyodo) ... "I had to hurry because I was told that (this evacuation center) would only accept 10 more people," said Kazuko Hamada, 67, who had stayed at the shelter set up at a building near JR Kumamoto Station ... (Kyodo)....
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Abe visits rain-hit Kumamoto to assess damage for recovery measures
Kyodo 13 Jul 2020
In the village of Kuma, he met with Kumamoto Gov ... By prefecture, Kumamoto was hit by the highest number of ... Photo taken July 10, 2020, shows debris-covered rail tracks at JR Sakamoto Station in the flood-ravaged city of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan....
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Japan warns of more heavy rain in flood-hit areas
Metro USA 07 Jul 2020
Police, Self Defense Force and Coast Guard units are conducting search and rescue effort, Suga said ... Police officers search missing people at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. A person walks in a flooded street near a railway station in Saga ... ....
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Japan boosts rescue efforts as it warns of more rain in flood-hit areas
Metro USA 07 Jul 2020
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City ... Police officers search missing people at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. A person walks in a flooded street near a railway station in Saga ... ....
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Heavy rains in Kyushu leave 2 in cardiac arrest, 13 listed as missing
Asahi News 04 Jul 2020
Kumamoto prefectural authorities said a family of three in Tsunagi was reported missing after their home was swept away by a landslide ... The Kyushu Shinkansen Line between Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chuo stations canceled operations from the first scheduled train on July 4, as did a number of local lines, according to officials of Kyushu Railway Co....
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Go whole hog or board for a day on all-Kyushu train service
Asahi News 02 Jan 2020
FUKUOKA--Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) said it will introduce a sightseeing package in fall 2020 that takes passengers to all seven prefectures in the Kyushu region ... In those instances, they cannot stay overnight ... One route will see the 36+3 leave Hakata Station on Thursday and arrive at Kagoshima-Chuo Station by way of Kumamoto Station ... 21. ....
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Japanese couple make rare transition from IT world to miso making
Kyodo 23 Nov 2019
Yu Maeda, a former employee of Microsoft Japan Co., and her engineer husband Michinori, have chosen the bucolic life of Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, where they intend to inherit the traditional method of making the Oshikida brand handmade miso ... Kumamoto Prefecture has hundreds of onsen hot spring facilities, and features the famous Kurokawa Onsen....
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Searchers dig for woman missing in Kagoshima landslide
Asahi News 04 Jul 2019
They have been unable to contact an elderly woman who lives by herself in the house and rescue efforts are under way, according to the Soo Police Station and other sources. On July 3, downpours continued to lash Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto prefectures, prompting local authorities to call for evacuations affecting 1.96 million people in total....
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Woman dies in heavy rain in Kyushu; 1 million told to evacuate
Asahi News 01 Jul 2019
Municipalities in Kumamoto Prefecture also advised their residents to flee to safer places ... The company suspended the first run of the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train between Kumamoto Station and Kagoshima-Chuo Station....
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Heavy rain hits southwestern Japan, woman buried in landslide dies
Kyodo 01 Jul 2019
Local governments in Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto prefectures issued evacuation advisories ... Some Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train services between Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chuo stations were temporarily suspended....
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