Station

Kawaminami

川南

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Kawaminami
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 36/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 36/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:16 / 22:43

Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (4)


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).

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Kawaminami Station opened on 11 June 1921 as an intermediate stop when Japanese Government Railways extended the former Miyazaki Prefectural Railway northwards from Takanabe to a new terminus at Mimitsu. After further phases of construction linked the route up to Kokura, the entire Kokura-Miyakonojō stretch was redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. With the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR Kyushu, which has operated it since. Located 305.6 km from Kokura, the station has a single island platform with two tracks and a siding, served by a modern western-style timber station building designed to resemble a mountain cabin.

Notes

The station building is a modern timber structure built in western style to resemble a mountain cabin.

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