Uto (Kumamoto)

Kumamoto – Uto: reduced service (fewer trains than the timetable) from 2 August 2026 until 10 October 2026 (normal timetable planned; operator forecast, not yet confirmed) Full details: Kagoshima Main Line →

Weekday departures: 119/day · Sat & holiday departures: 123/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:33 / 23:30

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (11)

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.

• JR Amakusa Misumi Line: Midorikawa
• Kagoshima Main Line: Tomiai ⇄ Matsubase

Uto Station opened on 28 January 1895 when the privately built Kyushu Railway extended its line from Kawajiri to Matsubase. On 25 December 1899 a branch to Misumi opened from the station, making it a junction. Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907, and the 1909 line-name reform first placed the route on the Hitoyoshi Main Line before incorporating it into the Kagoshima Main Line later that year. The original station building burned down in the air raid of 10 August 1945 and was rebuilt in September 1947. The station passed to JR Kyushu at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and an elevated station building with an east exit opened on 1 November 2009. Direct JR Kyushu staffing replaced an outsourcing arrangement on 1 October 2023.

The station was the starting point of the government-run Samata bus route, opened in 1934, which was discontinued as a JNR bus line on 20 December 1969.