Kawatana

Known weekday departures: 48/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 48/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:28 / 23:42

Busiest hour (known departures): 19:00–20:00 (5)

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).

• JR Omura Line: Ogushigo ⇄ Sonogi

Kawatana Station opened on 20 January 1898 as an intermediate stop on the privately operated Kyushu Railway, the day the line was extended from Haiki to Ōmura. After the Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907, the track was designated as the Nagasaki Main Line on 12 October 1909. On 1 December 1934 the newly opened Ariake Line route took that name and the track running from Haiki through Kawatana to Isahaya was reassigned to the Ōmura Line. The station building was relocated on 18 July 1946 from the seaward side to the hillward side, facing a newly built prefectural road that is today National Route 205. JR Kyushu took over on 1 April 1987, the station became unstaffed on 18 March 2023, and SUGOCA acceptance began on 9 October 2025.