Chikugo Funagoya

Weekday departures: 117/day · Sat & holiday departures: 117/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:49 / 23:26

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (11)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 2 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

• Kyushu Shinkansen: Kurume ⇄ New Omuta
• Kagoshima Main Line: Hainuzuka ⇄ Setaka

The station opened on 20 July 1928 as Funagoya Station, an added stop on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. Freight handling ended in 1961, and parcel handling ended in 1971, at which point the stop became unstaffed. Operation passed to JR Kyushu on 1 April 1987. When the Kyushu Shinkansen completed its Hakata - Shin-Yatsushiro section on 12 March 2011, the conventional station was relocated roughly 500 metres south to interchange with the new elevated Shinkansen platforms and was renamed Chikugo-Funagoya, while the former site was repurposed as a maintenance depot. SUGOCA IC card service had begun on 1 March 2009. Conventional station services were outsourced for over a decade until JR Kyushu took over direct operation on 1 October 2023.

Although billed as a connecting Shinkansen interchange, the conventional and Shinkansen station buildings sit about 50 metres apart with no through-gate, requiring passengers to exit and re-enter between the two systems.