Suwa

Weekday departures: 36/day · Sat & holiday departures: 36/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:48 / 23:13

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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

• JR Omura Line: Shin-Ōmura ⇄ Ōmura (Nagasaki)

Suwa opened on 11 March 1989 as an addition by JR Kyushu to the existing Ōmura Line track, with the entire 20-million-yen construction cost borne by the railway itself. SUGOCA IC-card acceptance began on 1 December 2012, and the station was made unstaffed on 16 March 2013. To clear space for piers of the new Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen viaduct, the line was shifted west on 6 August 2017 and a temporary platform towards Takematsu was put into use that day. The station has a single side platform and a small original station building; SUGOCA card readers and an automatic ticket vending machine have been installed on the platform since the building closed to passengers.

In August 2017 the entire platform was shifted west so that piers for the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen viaduct could be built where the original line ran — Suwa continued operating from a temporary structure throughout.