Futsukaichi

Weekday departures: 211/day · Sat & holiday departures: 211/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:18 / 23:35

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (17)

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• Kagoshima Main Line: Tofuro-Minami ⇄ Tenpaizan

Futsukaichi Station opened on 11 December 1889 as one of the original stops of the privately-run Kyushu Railway when it linked Hakata with Chitosegawa. It passed to Japanese Government Railways at nationalisation on 1 July 1907 and was assigned to the Kagoshima Main Line in 1909. Future prime minister Eisaku Satō served as its stationmaster from late 1926 to April 1927. The current reinforced-concrete building, designed in the image of Dazaifu Tenman-gū Shrine, dates to a 1987 rebuild. JR Kyushu took over at privatisation that same year, SUGOCA service began in 2009, and a new west entrance opened on 18 December 2022. About half of all limited-express services on the line stop here.

Future prime minister Eisaku Satō, then a Railway Ministry official, served as stationmaster here from November 1926 to April 1927.