Chojabaru

Weekday departures: 231/day · Sat & holiday departures: 231/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:31 / 23:34

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (18)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

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

• Kashii Line: Iga ⇄ Sakado (Fukuoka)
• Sasaguri Line: Kadomatsu ⇄ Harumachi

Chōjabaru Station opened on 13 March 1988 as a JR Kyushu in-fill stop at the point where the Sasaguri Line (now part of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line) and the Kashii Line cross at right angles. The grade-separated junction had existed since 1904 but neither predecessor railway built an interchange there. Both platforms were initially single-track. The station took its current shape on 6 October 2001 when Sasaguri-Line electrification rebuilt that platform as a one-line-through layout with two tracks, and a bridge-style station building opened the same day. Automatic gates arrived on 22 July 2000 and SUGOCA service on 3 March 2009. It became a directly operated JR Kyushu station on 1 October 2023.

Although the Sasaguri and Kashii lines have crossed here since 1904, locals waited 84 years for an interchange — JR Kyushu finally opened one in 1988, a month after taking over from JNR.