Minami-Kagoshima

Weekday departures: 84/day · Sat & holiday departures: 84/day

First / last departure (weekday): 4:52 / 23:42

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (7)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Ibusuki Makurazaki Line: Korimoto (JR Kyushu) ⇄ Usuki (Kagoshima)

Minami-Kagoshima Station opened on 1 October 1944 as a station of the Japanese Government Railways, in what is now the Minami-Kōrimoto district of Kagoshima City. On 31 October 1963, the line through the station was renamed the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, and the station passed to JR Kyushu on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR. The above-ground JR platform is an island platform reached from the station building by a level crossing; the adjacent Kagoshima City Tram Minami-Kagoshima-eki-mae stop has its own pair of side platforms, sited on the dedicated right-of-way that runs from near Namidabashi all the way to Taniyama. JR's SUGOCA IC card became usable on 1 December 2012, and the station was destaffed on 30 May 2020 with the introduction of the remote-assistance "ANSWER" system.

The adjacent Kagoshima City Tram stop began life as "Keibajō-mae" ("in front of the racecourse"), was renamed "Minami-kō Iriguchi" on 1 October 1956, and finally took its current "Minami-Kagoshima-eki-mae" form on 1 January 1967.