Kawaramachi (Kumamoto)

Weekday departures: 232/day · Sat & holiday departures: 240/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:05 / 23:05

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (21)

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• Trunk Line: Keitokuku-mae ⇄ Gofukumachi (Kumamoto)

Kawaramachi tram stop opened on 1 August 1924 as a Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (Kumamoto City Tram) stop in Kawaramachi, Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture — stop number 6, on the A trunk-line route. On 8 September 1927 the Kumamoto Electric Railway opened a section between Kawaramachi and Mukai-machi, completing the Kawaramachi - Kawajiri-chō line (commonly called the 'Kawajiri Densha'). On 1 December 1945 the Kumamoto Electric Railway routes were purchased by the City of Kumamoto and the line became the City Tram Kawajiri Line. On 1 April 1959 the Kawajiri Line's operating pattern was changed to a direct service to Karashima-chō, meaning trains passed through Kawaramachi without stopping; the City Tram Kawajiri Line was finally abolished on 21 February 1965. In September 2019 a barrier-free upgrade was carried out, with the platform raised and widened for wheelchair access.

The stop is named after the surrounding Kawaramachi district, itself named for the nearby Shira River floodplain. It has two opposed platforms reached by a zebra crossing, with short-turning facilities to the Gofukumachi (Kumamoto-eki-mae) side. Sites nearby include the Shira River, Junshō-ji Temple, the Kumamoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Higo Bank Kōya-chō branch, the city's Kumamoto Gofuku Kindergarten and the Chōroku Bridge.