Hamasaki

Weekday departures: 2/day · Sat & holiday departures: 48/day

First / last train (weekday): 4:55 / 24:28

Busiest hour: 0:00–1:00 (1)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• JR Chikuhi Line: Shikaka ⇄ Nijinomatsubura

Hamasaki Station opened on 5 December 1923 as the western terminus of a new line built by the private Kitakyushu Railway from Fukuyoshi. It became a through-station on 7 July 1924 when the line was extended on to Nijinomatsubara. Following the nationalisation of the Kitakyushu Railway on 1 October 1937, the line was designated the Chikuhi Line. The stop was outsourced as a contract station from 22 March 1983, destaffed on 20 January 1985, and passed to JR Kyushu on 1 April 1987. SUGOCA arrived on 13 March 2010, a new north building and free passageway opened on 28 August 2021, and the present full station precinct began service on 26 March 2022.

Until the new south entrance opened in 2022 the station could only be entered from the north, leaving the southern side of the tracks cut off from rail access — Karatsu City's redevelopment finally added a south plaza, rotary and access road.