Minami-Kokura

Weekday departures: 164/day · Sat & holiday departures: 164/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:35 / 24:03 (00:03 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (14)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Nippo Line: Nishi-Kokura ⇄ Jono (JR Kyushu)

Minami-Kokura Station is a JR Kyushu junction station in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, on the Nippō Main Line 3.5 km from Kokura, and is also served by Hitahikosan Line trains that continue beyond Jōno to terminate at Kokura. It opened on 20 August 1941 as a signal station at the junction with a freight spur to the Yamada Ammunition Depot, and was upgraded to a passenger station on 1 October 1943. JR Kyushu took over at privatization on 1 April 1987; SUGOCA became usable on 1 March 2009, and the station returned to direct JR Kyushu operation on 1 October 2023 after a spell as a contracted-out station.

The freight spur whose junction created the station served the wartime Yamada Ammunition Depot; that spur is gone, and most of its right-of-way is now a road, with only its terminal section remaining traceable on the ground.