Minami-Kurume

Weekday departures: 47/day · Sat & holiday departures: 47/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:18 / 23:32

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (4)

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 Kyudai Line: Kurume-Daigakumae ⇄ Kurume-Kokomae

Minami-Kurume Station opened on 24 December 1928 as one of the original intermediate stations on the first section of the Kyudai Main Line, built by Japanese Government Railways. The station, in the city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, sits 4.9 km from the Kurume terminus. Freight and parcel handling were abolished on 15 February 1984 and the station was left unstaffed, later being run as an outsourced station by a JR Kyushu subsidiary. Privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 transferred control to JR Kyushu. SUGOCA IC-card use began on 1 December 2012; the station became fully unstaffed on 12 March 2022, and the station building was rebuilt in March 2024.

The original 1928 station building's entrance ceiling displays a hexagram ornament whose meaning is disputed: local theories include marking the Kurume Army 24th Infantry Brigade on military maps, or a traditional Japanese protective charm for soldiers returning from war — the JGSDF garrison at Kurume rejects the first explanation.