Utsutsugawa

Known weekday departures: 54/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 54/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:00 / 23:36

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (6)

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).

• Nagasaki Main Line: Hizen-Koga ⇄ Urakami

Utsutsugawa Station opened on 2 October 1972 when Japanese National Railways inaugurated the shorter inland 'new line' for the Nagasaki Main Line between Kikitsu and Urakami, bypassing the longer coastal route via Nagayo. The unstaffed station sits 114.8 km from the Tosu starting point in a mountain area of Nagasaki City and has two side platforms with a centre through-track, which before the West Kyushu Shinkansen opened allowed many trains to cross and overtake at the same time. At privatisation on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR Kyushu, SUGOCA service began on 1 December 2012, and the surrounding segment from Hizen-Hama to Nagasaki was de-electrified on 23 September 2022 to coincide with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen.

Although it serves a sparsely settled mountain area, Utsutsugawa is positioned as the rail gateway to Nagasaki's Higashi-Nagasaki district and has shown rising ridership thanks to frequent connecting buses to Yagami and the city centre.