Chojabaru

Known weekday departures: 231/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 231/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:31 / 23:34

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (18)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• 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 lines initially had a single platform face. 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 1 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 on 13 March 1988, less than a year after taking over from JNR.