NishiKarashima chou

Weekday departures: 134/day · Sat & holiday departures: 132/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:01 / 23:17

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (13)

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

• Kami-Kumamoto Line: Senbabashi ⇄ Karashimacho

Nishi-Karashima-chō opened on 20 June 1929 as Karashima-machi Station (辛島町停留場), was renamed Nishi-Karashima-machi on 28 August 1936, abolished sometime after 1945, and revived in 1955 — at which point it was relocated 100 m towards the line's endpoint from the original opening location. It is numbered B9 on the Kami-Kumamoto Line.

The annual Kumamoto-jō Marathon every February imposes traffic restrictions that prevent through running here, so trams from the Kami-Kumamoto direction terminate at Nishi-Karashima-chō and turn back via the crossover south of Karashima Park.