KItagata (Saga)

Weekday departures: 30/day · Sat & holiday departures: 30/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:19 / 23:01

Busiest hour: 13:00–14:00 (3)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Sasebo Line: Oomachi ⇄ Takahashi

Kitagata Station is in the Kitagata neighbourhood of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on JR Kyushu's Sasebo Line, 7.4 km from Kōhoku. The station opened on 5 May 1895 as an intermediate stop on the private Kyushu Railway's westward extension to Takeo (today Takeo-Onsen), which opened that day as the new western terminus. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907, the station passed to Japanese Government Railways. On 12 October 1909 it became part of the Nagasaki Main Line, and on 1 December 1934 another track was designated the Nagasaki Main Line while the line through Kitagata was redesignated the Sasebo Line. Privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 transferred control to JR Kyushu. SUGOCA IC service began on 3 October 2024.

From the 12 March 2011 timetable change until 12 March 2022, Kitagata was used as an operational meeting point for opposing Midori limited expresses, even though they did not stop here for passengers; the practice ended when the adjacent Ōmachi–Takahashi section was doubled on 27 February 2022.