Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 301/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 277/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:14 / 24:02 (00:02 next day)
Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (20)
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).
Adjacent stations
- Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line: Nishitetsu Gojo
- Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line: Tofuromae ⇄ Murasaki
Location
History
Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station opened on 12 April 1924 as Futsukaichi Station on the Kyushu Railway, the forerunner of the Tenjin Ōmuta Line. It was renamed Kyūtetsu Futsukaichi on 1 July 1939 and received its present name on 22 September 1942 when the operator became Nishi-Nippon Railway after merger. The current west station building dates to 1969 and an east entrance was added in 2003. Automatic ticket gates arrived in 1987 and the nimoca IC system in 2008. The station has four island platforms serving five tracks, with seven numbered boarding positions, and acts as the junction with the 2.4 km Dazaifu branch line.
Notes
The station's second platform sits between platforms 1 and 4 and is normally idle, but is brought into service during peak holiday periods for cross-platform transfers between the main line and the Dazaifu branch.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 国立寺 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-03