Timetable information
Weekday departures: 36/day · Sat & holiday departures: 36/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:14 / 22:37
Busiest hour: 18:00–19:00 (4)
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
- Dosan Line: Omurajinjamae ⇄ Okabana
Location
History
Kusaka Station opened on 30 March 1924 as the eastern terminus of the then Kōchi Line — later renamed the Dosan Line — when Japanese Government Railways extended track east from Susaki. On 15 November 1924 the line was further extended to Kōchi and Kusaka became a through station. Privatisation transferred it to JR Shikoku on 1 April 1987. The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with the wooden station building linked to platform 1 acting as an unstaffed waiting room. Hidaka village took ownership of the building on 1 October 2022 and completed a seismic retrofit in March 2024, repurposing it with a tourist-information space.
Notes
The wooden station building is designed to evoke a sekisho — a traditional Japanese checkpoint gatehouse.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 本人 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22