Kusano Station opened on August 29, 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.[1] Services were suspended from March 11 to April 17, 2011, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 397 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]