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)
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).
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.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Bakkai at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-03