Kumamoto Station (熊本駅) is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. It is the main terminal station for the city. In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.

Lines

Kumamoto is an intermediate station of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 118.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hakata and 740.7 kilometers from Shin-Osaka. It is also an intermediate staton for the Kagoshima Main Line, of which it is 196.6 kilometers from the starting point at Mojikō. The station is also the western terminus of the 148.0 kilometer Hōhi Main Line to Oita.

JR limited express trains

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 9,465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 10th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.