Kotsukyoku-mae

Weekday departures: 343/day · Sat & holiday departures: 362/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:50 / 23:10

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (29)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Suizenji Line: Kuhonjikosaten ⇄ Misotenjin-mae

Kōtsū-kyoku-mae opened on 1 August 1924 as Ōe Shako-mae Station (大江車庫前駅), was renamed Denki-kyoku-mae (電気局前駅) in February 1935 and Kōtsū-kyoku-mae on 1 June 1944. It is stop 14 on the Suizenji Line, served by both A- and B-system trams. The stop has a crossover and a depot lead-in on the Miso-Tenjin side, and is also used as a crew-change point for some runs.

The tram operator's name has been baked into the stop name for over 80 years — going from "Electric Bureau" in 1935 to "Transportation Bureau" in 1944 — and now matches the prefecture's long-standing Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau brand.