title: Kumamoto Station
text: # 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 Kyushu Shinkansen and the Kagoshima Main Line and a terminal station of the Hōhi Main Line.
  
  ## JR limited express trains
  
  * Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - Hitoyoshi)
  * Kumagawa (Kumamoto - Hitoyoshi)
  
  ## Platforms
  
  | 0A, 0B, 0C | ■ Trans-Kyushu Limited Express | for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi |
  | - | - | - |
  | 0A, 0B, 0C | ■ Limited Express Kumagawa | for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi |
  | 0A, 0B, 0C | ■ Hohi Main Line | for Suizenji, Musashizuka, Higo-Ōzu, and Miyaji |
  | 1 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Yatsushiro |
  | 1 | ■ Misumi Line | for Misumi |
  | 2 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tamana, Arao and Ōmuta |
  | 2 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Yatsushiro |
  | 2 | ■ Misumi Line | for Misumi |
  | 3 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Tamana, Arao, Ōmuta, Kurume, Tosu, and Hakata |
  | 3 | ■ Trans-Kyushu Limited Express | for Miyaji, Oita, and Beppu |
  | 3 | ■ Limited Express Kumagawa | for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi |
  | 3 | ■ Limited Express Aso Boy | for Aso and Miyaji |
  | 3 | ■ SL Hitoyoshi | for Yatsushiro and Hitoyoshi |
  | 3 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tamana, Arao and Ōmuta |
  | 3 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Yatsushiro |
  | 4 | ■ Hohi Main Line | for Suizenji, Musashizuka, Higo-Ōzu and Miyaji |
  | 4 | ■ Misumi Line | for Misumi |
  | 5 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Tamana, Arao, Ōmuta, Ginsui, and Tosu |
  | 5 | ■ Kagoshima Main Line | for Yatsushiro |
  | 5 | ■ Hohi Main Line | for Suizenji, Musashizuka, Higo-Ōzu and Miyaji |
  | 11, 12 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
  | 13, 14 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kagoshima-Chūō |
  
  ### Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kagoshima Main Line |||||
  | Terminus | Terminus | Rapid Super Orange | Yatsushiro | Yatsushiro |
  | Kami-Kumamoto | Kami-Kumamoto | Rapid Kumamoto Liner | Kawashiri | Kawashiri |
  | Kami-Kumamoto | Kami-Kumamoto | Local | Nishi-Kumamoto | Nishi-Kumamoto |
  | Hōhi Main Line |||||
  | Terminus | Terminus | Rapid Hōhi Liner | Shin-Suizenji | Shin-Suizenji |
  | Terminus | Terminus | Local | Heisei | Heisei |
  