Ogawa (Kumamoto)

Weekday departures: 86/day · Sat & holiday departures: 86/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:22 / 23:39

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (7)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Kagoshima Main Line: Matsubase ⇄ Arisa

Ogawa Station opened on 21 November 1896 as a station on the Kyushu Railway, which was nationalised on 1 July 1907. The first station building was destroyed in an air raid on 27 July 1945. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1962 and baggage handling on 1 February 1984. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways the station passed to JR Kyushu, the station building was rebuilt in 1995, and SUGOCA service began on 1 December 2012. A new unstaffed west exit opened on 2 April 2022 as part of the Uki city redevelopment plan, and on 1 October 2023 management reverted from JR Kyushu Service Support to direct JR Kyushu operation.

The "Ogawa" name comes from a small local stream called Sunagawa that residents simply referred to as the "ogawa" (little river); their everyday word stuck and became the place name.