In front of the station is a tram stop of the tram operated by Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau named Kumamoto-Ekimae Station.

It is also an intermediate staton for the Kagoshima Main Line, of which it is 196.6 kilometers from the starting point at Mojikō.

The station is also the western terminus of the 148.0 kilometer Hōhi Main Line to Oita.

[2][3] In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 9,465 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 10th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

[4] Media related to Kumamoto Station at Wikimedia Commons