Ogawa (Kumamoto)

Uto – Yatsushiro: suspended from 28 July 2026 until 10 October 2026 (planned reopening; operator forecast, not yet confirmed) Check the operator for replacement transport stops and times. Full details: Kagoshima Main Line →

Weekday departures: 86/day · Sat & holiday departures: 86/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:22 / 23:39

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (7)

0:00 ─ 23:00

These are typical departures in the timetable data (see the date below), not a live count: they may include services affected by the notice above.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Kagoshima Main Line: Matsubase ⇄ Arisa

Ogawa Station opened on 21 November 1896 as a station on the Kyushu Railway, which was nationalised on 1 July 1907. The first station building was destroyed in an air raid on 27 July 1945. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1962 and baggage handling on 1 February 1984. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways the station passed to JR Kyushu, the station building was rebuilt in 1995, and SUGOCA service began on 1 December 2012. A new unstaffed west exit opened on 2 April 2022 as part of the Uki city redevelopment plan, and on 1 October 2023 management reverted from JR Kyushu Service Support to direct JR Kyushu operation.

The "Ogawa" name comes from a small local stream called Sunagawa that residents simply referred to as the "ogawa" (little river); their everyday word stuck and became the place name.