Timetable information
Weekday departures: 40/day · Sat & holiday departures: 40/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:47 / 22:50
Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (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.
Adjacent stations
- JR Kyudai Line: Chikugo-Oishi ⇄ Chikugo-Yoshii
Location
History
Ukiha Station opened on 11 July 1931 as Chikugo-Senzoku, an intermediate stop when Japanese Government Railways extended the Kyūdai Main Line east from Chikugo-Yoshii to Chikugo-Ōishi. Freight and parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984, and a footbridge was installed the same year. Control passed to JR Kyushu at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and the station was renamed Ukiha on 1 May 1990 to match the surrounding town name. The 2017 northern Kyushu floods cut the line east of here for a time, the ticket window closed on 31 March 2025 and the station became fully unstaffed the following day, 1 April 2025. Two opposed side platforms serve two tracks at a wooden station building in traditional Japanese style.
Notes
Though Ukiha Station shares its name with the city, the JTB timetable lists neighbouring Chikugo-Yoshii, one stop to the west, as Ukiha City's representative station — and Chikugo-Yoshii is also the closest station to the city hall building that houses the municipal assembly.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 663highland · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22