Honkawachi

Weekday departures: 33/day · Sat & holiday departures: 33/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:05 / 23:04

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Nagasaki Main Line: Ookusa ⇄ Nagayo

Honkawachi Station opened as Hongawachi Signal Box on 1 October 1943 on the Japanese Government Railways' Nagasaki Main Line. It began handling passenger boardings around 1944 and was upgraded to a full passenger station on 1 June 1952, when the kana reading was changed from Hongawachi to Honkawachi while the kanji stayed the same. On 2 October 1972 the new Ichinuno bypass opened between Kikitsu and Urakami, and the older line through Honkawachi became the Nagayo branch. JNR's privatisation on 1 April 1987 passed the station to JR Kyushu, and on 9 March 2002 a regrade allowed the historic switchback operation to be eliminated.

The points and tracks of Honkawachi's abandoned switchback manoeuvre remained on site until removal works began in late 2018.