History
Kuroishi opened on the Kumamoto Electric Railway Kikuchi Line on 27 August 1913. The station was a manned stop with turnback workings and overnight stabling until 1 February 1988, when electronic-coded automatic block signalling allowed unstaffing; ticket sales were managed by Kumamoto Dentetsu Kankō until 25 February 2001. On that date the station was relocated to a new alignment built as part of the National Route 387 widening project, and the stop became fully unstaffed. The Kumamon IC Card was accepted from 1 April 2015, and the station was assigned number KD16 on 1 October 2019. A timetable revision in February 2025 reduced service frequency and ended mid-day train crossings.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although Kuroishi has been an unattended through-station for decades, its 1 platform still retains a departing signal for Kita-Kumamoto, so emergency turnback workings towards Kita-Kumamoto remain possible.