Timetable information
Weekday departures: 97/day · Sat & holiday departures: 97/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:27 / 23:17
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (9)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- Hohi Line: Kumamoto (JR Kyushu) ⇄ Minami-Kumamoto
Location
History
Heisei Station is a small JR Kyushu stop on the Hōhi Main Line in the Chūō-ku ward of Kumamoto, opened on 15 July 1992 as an infill station between Minami-Kumamoto and Kumamoto. It was originally a single-platform unmanned halt; a passing loop with a second platform was added when the Hōhi Main Line through Kumamoto was electrified on 1 October 1999. The station was staffed for the first time on 18 March 2006, and SUGOCA IC service began on 1 December 2012. The ticket booth closed on 12 March 2022, and on 1 October 2023 the station was converted from an outsourced operation to a directly managed JR Kyushu facility, though without a resident stationmaster.
Notes
The station shares its name with the Heisei era (1989–2019) and is one of only a handful of Japanese stations named after a 20th-century reign name, alongside Shōwa in Kanagawa and the two Taishō stations in Osaka and Nagasaki.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22