Hyuga-Kitakata

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

First / last departure (weekday): 6:24 / 21:26

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (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.

• Nichinan Line: Hyuga-Otsuka ⇄ Kushima

Hyūga-Kitakata Station opened on 15 April 1935 as an intermediate stop on the then Shibushi Line, on the same day the line was extended north to its new terminus at Yowara, completing a 28.5 km push from Shibushi. Located in present-day Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, it sits 71.8 km from the line origin at Minami-Miyazaki. The station was destaffed on 1 October 1971 with the end of baggage handling. The route was redesignated the Nichinan Line on 8 May 1963, and the station passed to JR Kyushu on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR. A single side platform serves one track, with a modern shed acting as a waiting room.

The current modest waiting shed replaced an earlier substantial wooden station building that had been served by station staff before destaffing in 1971.