Space World

Weekday departures: 133/day · Sat & holiday departures: 133/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:04 / 24:17 (00:17 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (11)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Kagoshima Main Line: Edamitsu ⇄ Yahata

Space World Station opened on 2 July 1999 in Higashida, Yahata-Higashi Ward, Kitakyushu, as part of a route alteration that took the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line through the former Yawata Steel Works land between Edamitsu and Yawata on a shorter, straighter alignment. The station's name was chosen by public ballot as the most-voted suggestion. The Space World theme park that gave the station its name closed on 1 January 2018, but JR Kyushu has kept the station name unchanged, citing the lack of any rename request from the local government. The station code is JA23.

Although the Space World theme park closed at 2:00 on 1 January 2018, JR Kyushu has kept the station name unchanged, citing the absence of any formal renaming request from Kitakyushu City.