Suwa

Weekday departures: 36/day · Sat & holiday departures: 36/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:48 / 23:13

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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 Omura Line: Shin-Omura ⇄ Omura (Nagasaki)

Suwa opened on 11 March 1989 as an addition by JR Kyushu to the existing Ōmura Line track, with the entire 20-million-yen construction cost borne by the railway itself. SUGOCA IC-card acceptance began on 1 December 2012, and the station was made unstaffed on 16 March 2013. Because the existing alignment obstructed the new Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen viaduct, the line was shifted west on 6 August 2017 and a temporary platform towards Takematsu was put into use that day. The station has a single side platform and a small original station building; SUGOCA card readers and an automatic ticket vending machine have been installed on the platform since the building closed to passengers.

In August 2017 the line at Suwa was shifted west because the existing alignment obstructed the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen viaduct then being built — the station kept operating from a temporary platform put in towards Takematsu.