Kusanagi Station (Shizuoka Railway)

For the JR station, see Kusanagi Station (JR Central).

Kusanagi Station (草薙駅, Kusanagi-eki) is a railway station in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

Kusanagi Station 草薙駅
Kusanagi Station, April 2008
General information
Location	Kusanagi 1-chōme, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35.001453°N 138.442696°E / 35.001453; 138.442696
Operated by	Shizuoka Railway
Line(s)	■ Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Distance	6.4 km from Shin-Shizuoka
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	S10
History
Opened	December 9, 1908
Passengers
FY2017	3797 (daily)
Location Kusanagi Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Kusanagi Station Kusanagi Station (Japan)

Platforms in 2005

Lines

Kusanagi Station is a station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line and is 6.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Shizuoka Station.

Connection to Kusanagi Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line is possible, with the two stations situated just 150m apart.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. The station building is located on the north side of the Shin-Shimizu direction platform, and it had automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles, which accept the LuLuCa smart card ticketing system as well as the PiTaPa, TOICA, and ICOCA IC cards. The station is wheelchair accessible.

Platforms

1	■ Shizuoka-Shimizu Line	for Shin-Shimizu
2	■ Shizuoka–Shimizu Line	for Shin-Shizuoka

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shizuoka–Shimizu Line
Furushō		Commuter Express		Mikadodai
Ken-Sōgō Undōjō		Express		Mikadodai
Pref. Art Museum		Local		Mikadodai

Station history

Kusanagi Station was established on December 9, 1908.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3797 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Shizuoka Bank head office
• Kusanagi Station
• University of Shizuoka

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Kusanagi Station (Shizutetsu) at Wikimedia Commons

• Shizuoka Railway official website Archived 2021-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

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