Timetable information
Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 18/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:52 / 21:33
Busiest hour: 5:00–6:00 (1)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- JR Amakusa Misumi Line: Hataura
Location
History
The Misumi Line was built to connect Misumi Port at the tip of the Uto Peninsula, and Misumi Station was established as its terminus. The first-generation Misumi Station opened on 25 December 1899 on the Kyushu Railway, on a temporary site near the planned terminus; the station was relocated to its present position on 5 September 1903 after the short-distance port for routes to Amakusa and Shimabara was completed nearby. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907 and the station passed to the government railway. Imperial trains carrying Emperor Shōwa called here on 30 May 1949 (post-war Imperial tour) and again on 28 October 1966 (Imperial visit by the Emperor and Empress). Cargo handling was abolished on 15 November 1982 and parcel handling on 14 March 1985. With the breakup and privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR Kyushu. On 1 October 2023, the station reverted from JR Kyushu Service Support entrustment to direct JR Kyushu management.
Notes
Misumi has a tall-ceilinged wooden station building dating from 1903 that survives today. The building was renovated when the limited-express tourist service "A-Train" began. On A-Train operating days, the regular local train that arrives first waits on the head-shunt west of the platform until the A-Train has departed, then re-enters the platform. The Misumi–Shimabara ferry, which linked the station with Shimabara, was withdrawn in August 2006, and since 1 April 2009 the Amakusa Takarajima Line has run between Misumi and Hondo Port.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22