Timetable information
Weekday departures: 232/day · Sat & holiday departures: 240/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:08 / 23:03
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (21)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
Location
History
Gionbashi opened on 1 August 1924 as a Kumamoto City tram stop. It was abolished at an unrecorded date and reopened in May 1948. The stop is stop 4 on the Trunk Line, served by the A-system. Until the line's route revision of March 2011, the kanji used for "Gi" was inconsistent across the operator's own signage: the in-car fare display used the 示+氐 form 祗, the route diagram used the ネ+氏 form, and the stop name board carried both the ネ+氏 form and the 示+氏 form.
Notes
The Gionbashi (Gion Bridge) the stop is named for is said to have been built across the Tsuboi River in 1902 for the Meiji Emperor's visit to Kumamoto, with the "Gion" name itself coming from the Gion festival held at the nearby Kitaoka Shrine.
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Last updated: 2026-05-25