title: Chikugo-Kusano Station
text: # Chikugo-Kusano Station
  
  Chikugo-Kusano Station (筑後草野駅, Chikugo-Kusano-eki) is railway station on the Kyūdai Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Kyudai Main Line and is located 15.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume. Only local trains on the line stop at the station.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is of modern design and the station facilities are co-located with a local tourism organisation. The station building is unstaffed and serves only to house a waiting area. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a level crossing.
  
  ## History
  
  Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened a track from Kurume to Chikugo-Yoshii on 24 December 1928 during the first phase of the construction of the Kyudai Main Line. Chikugo-Kusano was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations on the track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2015, there were 44,000 boarding passengers (in rounded thousands), giving a daily average of 121 passengers.
  
  