Hataura

Weekday departures: 32/day · Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:55 / 23:45

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (3)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Amakusa Misumi Line: Ishiuchi Dam ⇄ Misumi

Hataura Station opened on 25 December 1959 as a petitioned station built with 1.9 million yen of locally raised funds, serving the Misumi Line from the outset as an unstaffed stop handling only diesel-car passengers. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways the station was transferred to JR Kyushu, which still operates it on the Misumi (Amakusa-Misumi) Line. It has a single side platform serving one ground-level track, with two simple waiting rooms on the platform and no station building; one of the waiting rooms holds a ticket vending machine that sells short-distance tickets.

Hataura is a designated "honorary stationmaster" station and, although unstaffed, the station as a whole is kept relatively clean and tidy.