Hizen-Kubo

Weekday departures: 18/day · Sat & holiday departures: 18/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:46 / 21:07

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (2)

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 Chikuhi Line: Yamamoto (Saga) ⇄ Nishi-Ouchi

Hizen-Kubo Station opened on 1 March 1935 as Banzuīn Station, when the private Kitakyushu Railway extended its line westward from Yamamoto. The Kitakyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937, at which point Japanese Government Railways renamed the station Hizen-Kubo and designated the line part of the Chikuhi Line. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1962, and parcel handling on 31 March 1971, when the station became unstaffed. At the JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 control passed to JR Kyushu. The station building was largely demolished after unstaffing and was eventually replaced by a small structure named "Sakura-kan", housing a waiting area and toilets.

The station was originally named after Banzuīn Chōbei, the famed Edo-period kyōkaku (chivalrous commoner) whose birthplace lies near the station; a stone marker reading "Banzuīn Chōbei birthplace" stands in Chōbei Park about four minutes' walk away.