Minami-Kusatsu Station

Minami-Kusatsu Station (南草津駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is sometimes popularly referred to simply as "Minakusa"

Lines
Minami-Kusatsu Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 48.0 kilometers from Maibara and 493.9 kilometers from Tokyo.

Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
The station opened on 4 September 1994, following a successful petition for its construction by Kusatsu. The city contributed about ¥3 billion of the total ¥30 billion costs of construction. The station has stimulated urban growth in the surrounding area, especially after the opening of Ritsumeikan University's Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) in 1994.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Minami-Kusatsu being assigned station number JR-A25.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 30,443 passengers (boarding passengers only) in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest station by traffic in the West Japan Railway Company's network.

Surrounding area

 * Kusatsu General Hospital
 * Kusatsu Municipal Senior High School
 * Omi Kusatsu Tokushukai Hospital
 * Ritsumeikan University Biwako Kusatsu Campus
 * Shiga University of Medical Science
 * Shiga Prefectural Tamagawa High School