Hitoyoshionsen

Weekday departures: 11/day · Sat & holiday departures: 12/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:40 / 19:44

Busiest hour: 5:00–6:00 (1)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Sample service dates: weekday 24 September 2026; Saturday 26 September 2026. Extra operating dates are not included.

Timetable data as of 25 September 2026.

• Yunomae Line: Sagarahanganjoji

The station opened on 1 June 1908 as Hitoyoshi by the Imperial Railway Agency, the southern terminus of the line extended from Yatsushiro. On 21 November 1909 the Hitoyoshi–Yoshimatsu extension completed the through mountain route to Kagoshima, then designated the Kagoshima Main Line. The Yunomae Line opened on 30 March 1924 with Hitoyoshi as its starting point. After privatisation in 1987 the Yunomae Line was transferred to the third-sector Kumagawa Railroad on 1 October 1989, leaving Hitoyoshi as a joint-use station; the Kumagawa Railroad side was renamed Hitoyoshi-Onsen on 1 April 2009 to coincide with the introduction of the SL Hitoyoshi tourist train. The Yunomae Line side carries a naming-rights sponsorship name, "Shinjō Bunka no Mori Hitoyoshi-Onsen", and the station number is 1.

The station's name change to Hitoyoshi-Onsen took effect on 1 April 2009 in connection with the introduction of the SL Hitoyoshi steam-hauled tourist train, which began running on 25 April 2009 behind the restored locomotive 58654 — the same engine that had hauled the earlier "SL Aso Boy" service before it ended.