Train service
Weekday departures: 87/day · Sat & holiday departures: 87/day
First / last train (weekday): 6:00 / 23:51
Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (10)
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0:00 ─ 23:00
Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.
Location
History
Nishi-Isahaya Station opened on 14 March 1985 as a Japanese National Railways in-fill stop on the Nagasaki Main Line, 103.2 km from Tosu. It was a petition-built station whose entire 160 million yen construction cost was borne by the local community. Operation passed to JR Kyushu at privatisation on 1 April 1987. SUGOCA IC card service began on 1 December 2012, the staffed ticket window closed on 11 March 2022, and the station became unstaffed the following day. The Nagasaki Main Line section between Hizen-Hama and Nagasaki, including Nishi-Isahaya, was de-electrified on 23 September 2022 in conjunction with the opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen.
Notes
The station name board has long featured an illustration of the Isahaya Eyeglass Bridge, and in 2021 a public competition redesigned one of the boards around a motif of a branching old highway.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-05-22