History
Kusano Station opened on 29 August 1897 on the Nippon Railway, was nationalised on 1 November 1906, and was redesignated as part of the Jōban Line on 12 October 1909. Freight ended in 1980 and parcels in 1984. It passed to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987. Services were briefly suspended after the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 and resumed on 17 April 2011. The station became part of the Tokyo metropolitan area for Suica on 14 March 2020, the same day it was fully destaffed. A compact new station building replaced the original in 2022.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Because the JR West Fukuchiyama (JR Takarazuka) Line also has a Kusano Station — in Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo — tickets issued from this Kusano are stamped "(常) 草野", the "(常)" marking the Jōban Line.