Higashi-Nakatsu

Weekday departures: 44/day · Sat & holiday departures: 44/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:03 / 24:33 (00:33 next day)

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (6)

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 Nippo Line: Nakatsu (Oita · JR Kyushu) ⇄ Imazu (Oita)

Higashi-Nakatsu Station opened on 25 May 1901 as Ōsada Station (大貞駅), an in-fill stop on the Hōshū Railway's 1897 line between Yukuhashi and Yanagigaura. The Hōshū Railway was absorbed by the Kyushu Railway later that same year and then nationalised on 1 July 1907. The line was designated the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and incorporated into the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. The station was renamed Higashi-Nakatsu on 15 November 1952. After the 1 April 1987 privatisation, JR Kyushu became the operator. Direct staffing ended in March 2015 and the ticket window has since been managed by the city of Nakatsu on a kan'i itaku basis. The 1915 wooden station building is still in use.

The wooden station building was constructed on 30 May 1915 and is still in use today; its property tag carries that date.