Kumamoto Station (Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau)

Weekday departures: 223/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 240/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:13 / 23:01

Busiest hour in the available data: 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.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is complete: Trunk Line

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Tasaki Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Trunk Line: Gionbashi
• Tasaki Line: Nihongiguchi

Kumamoto-Ekimae tram stop opened on 1 August 1924 as the southwestern end of the Kumamoto City line, when the Kumamoto-ekimae – Jōgyōji/Suizenji section was inaugurated. The Tasaki Line was added on 24 December 1959. On 26 April 2010 the stop was rebuilt as a "side-reservation" layout to separate the trams from the busy roadway, with platforms physically removed from the carriageway. From 2019 to 2021 the trademark cloud-inspired white canopy (nicknamed "Big Shamoji") covering the JR exit and both tram platforms was rebuilt over earthquake-resilience concerns. A plan from 2006 to extend the line into the new JR station building in a switchback configuration was formally abandoned by Mayor Kazufumi Ōnishi in 2015 after the city judged that pedestrian/cyclist safety on the proposed transit mall could not be assured. Tram-stop number 3 today carries trams on Route A, operating across the unified Tasaki and Main lines.

Kumamoto-Ekimae is the highest-ridership tram stop on the entire Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau network, with FY2019 averaging 3,896 boarding passengers and 7,526 boarding + alighting passengers a day.