History
Chikugo-Kusano Station opened on 24 December 1928 as one of the original intermediate stations on the first stretch of the Kyudai Main Line, a Japanese Government Railways project that initially connected Kurume with Chikugo-Yoshii. It serves the city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, 15.7 km from the Kurume terminus. With the dissolution of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR Kyushu, which still operates it. The modern, unstaffed station building is co-located with a local tourism organisation, the platforms remain at grade, and only local trains call here.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The station building shares its premises with the local tourism office, putting the Kurume City Kusano History Museum — a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property in the former Kusano Bank Head Office — within easy walking distance.