is a junction passenger

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located in the city of Kusatsu,

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the north ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Kusatsu Station is served by the

Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagaham ...

portion of the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

, and is 45.5 kilometers from and 491.4 kilometers from . It is also served by the

Kusatsu Line The is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Tsuge on the Kansai Main Line with Kusatsu on the Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line). History The Kansai Railway Co. opened the entire line ...

and is 36.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at .

Station layout

The station consists of three

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

s serving two tracks each, connected by an elevated concourse, and two tracks without platforms. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 July 1889. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,569 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

East

* Kusatsu City Hall * Kusatsu Police Station * Kusatsu Tax Office * LT 932, Garden City Kusatsu *

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Kusatsu

West

* Hotel Boston Plaza Kusatsu

References

External links

* {{Kusatsu Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Tōkaidō Main Line Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Kusatsu, Shiga