NishiKarashima chou

Weekday departures: 134/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 132/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:01 / 23:17

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (13)

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 incomplete:

• Kami-Kumamoto Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Kami-Kumamoto Line: Senbabashi ⇄ Karashimacho

Nishi-Karashima-chō opened on 20 June 1929 as Karashima-chō Station (辛島町停留場), was renamed Nishi-Karashima-chō on 28 August 1936, abolished at some point in or after 1945, and revived in 1955 — at which point it was relocated 100 m towards the line's endpoint from the original opening location. It is numbered B9 on the Kami-Kumamoto Line.

The annual Kumamoto-jō Marathon every February imposes traffic restrictions that prevent through running here, so trams from the Kami-Kumamoto direction terminate at Nishi-Karashima-chō and turn back via the crossover south of Karashima Park.