Timetable information
Weekday departures: 21/day · Sat & holiday departures: 21/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:01 / 21:57
Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (3)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- San'in Main Line: Iwami-Fukumitsu ⇄ Asari (Shimane)
Location
History
Kuromatsu Station opened on 25 November 1918 when the Railway Board extended the San'in Main Line between Nima and Asari, in Kuromatsu-chō, Gōtsu, Shimane. Freight handling ended on 23 September 1961. The station's operations were contracted out on 20 June 1977 and it was destaffed on 14 March 1985. At JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 it became a JR West station and was re-staffed at the same time, but was unstaffed once again on 10 March 1990. The original station building has since been demolished; today passengers reach the island platform directly from an in-station level crossing on the seaward side at the Masuda end.
Notes
Daily ridership at Kuromatsu has fallen sharply over recent decades: 149 boarding passengers per day in FY1984, 84 in FY1994, 43 in FY2004, and 18 in 2022.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22