Station

Ukiha

うきは

Ukiha
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Train service

Weekday departures: 40/day · Sat & holiday departures: 40/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:47 / 22:50

Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (4)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Ukiha Station opened on 11 July 1931 as Chikugo-Senzoku, an intermediate stop when Japanese Government Railways extended the Kyūdai Main Line east from Chikugo-Yoshii to Chikugo-Ōishi. Freight and parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984, and a footbridge was installed the same year. Control passed to JR Kyushu at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and the station was renamed Ukiha on 1 May 1990 to match the surrounding town name. The 2017 northern Kyushu floods cut the line east of here for a time, the ticket window closed on 31 March 2025 and the station became fully unstaffed the following day, 1 April 2025. Two opposed side platforms serve two tracks at a wooden station building in traditional Japanese style.

Notes

Though Ukiha is the city's namesake, the official representative station of Ukiha City (and the nearest one to the city hall) is actually Chikugo-Yoshii, one stop to the west.

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