Kokura

Weekday departures: 564/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 567/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 4:51 / 24:31 (00:31 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (40)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 2 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is complete: Kagoshima Main Line, JR Nippo Line, San'yo Shinkansen

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Kokura Line: no timetable data

• Kagoshima Main Line: Moji ⇄ Nishi-Kokura
• JR Nippo Line: Nishi-Kokura
• San'yo Shinkansen: Shin-Shimonoseki ⇄ Hakata

Kokura Station opened on 1 April 1891 in front of Kokura Castle, built by the private Kyushu Tetsudo company. It was brought under state control on 1 July 1907 and rebuilt 700 metres east of the original site on 1 March 1958; the former location is today commemorated by the name Nishi-Kokura ("West Kokura"). San'yō Shinkansen services began calling on 10 March 1975. At Japanese National Railways privatisation on 1 April 1987 the conventional lines passed to JR Kyushu while the shinkansen platforms came under JR West. A 1990s expansion culminated on 1 April 1998 with the extension of the Kitakyushu Monorail to Kokura Station as part of a major reconstruction of the station building.

Although Kokura is a JR Kyushu station, the San'yō Shinkansen platforms there are run by JR West. In fiscal 2016 the station handled an average of 35,431 boarding passengers a day, ranking second among the busiest stations on the JR Kyushu network.