Timetable information
Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:22 / 23:06
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.
Adjacent stations
- JR Nippo Line: Kirishima-Jingu ⇄ Osumi-Okawara
Location
History
Kita-Naganoda Station was opened on 6 December 1932 as an intermediate stop on the new link that joined the Japanese Government Railways Kokuto-West Line (which then terminated at Kirishima-Jingū) and the Kokuto-East Line (which terminated at Ōsumi-Ōkawara). With the link in place, through-traffic from Kokura to Kagoshima became possible and the entire route was redesignated the Nippō Main Line. CTC was installed through this section on 1 October 1979, at which point the station became unstaffed. It passed to JR Kyushu at the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 and remains unstaffed today, with a small shelter built on a hillside above the two side platforms.
Notes
The "Kita" ("north") in the station name was originally added to distinguish it from Naganoda Station on the now-closed Ōsumi Line, which lay in the same broad region.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: ja:User:Sanjo · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22