Kumanoshi Station

Kumanoshi Station (熊野市駅) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines
Kumanoshi Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 157.4 km from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

Station layout
The station consists of a single-sided platform, adjacent to the main station building and serving track 1, and a two-sided island platform, reached by a pedestrian footbridge and serving tracks 2 and 3. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
The station opened on 8 August 1940 as Kii-Kinomoto Station (紀伊木本駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei-Nishi Line. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959, at which time the station was renamed Kumanoshi. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in March 1990.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Kumano City Hall
 * Kumano City Ido Elementary School
 * Kumano City Kimoto Elementary School