title: Tsurumaru Station
text: # Tsurumaru Station
  
  Tsurumaru Station (鶴丸駅, Tsurumaru-eki) is a train station in Yūsui, Aira District, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Kitto Line.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Kitto Line and is located 59.0 km from the starting point of the line at Miyakonojō.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building at this unstaffed station, only a shelter on the platform for waiting passengers. The access road is at a higher level than the station platform which is accessed by going down a short flight of steps. A bike shed is provided at the station entrance.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kitto Line |||||
  | Kyōmachi Onsen | Kyōmachi Onsen | Local | Yoshimatsu | Yoshimatsu |
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 February 1958 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kitto Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
  
  ## Nearby places
  
  * National Route 268
  * Tsurumaru Onsen
  