Nishitetsu Hirao

Weekday departures: 120/day · Sat & holiday departures: 98/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:15 / 23:38

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (11)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

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

• Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line: Yakuin ⇄ Takamiya (Fukuoka)

Nishitetsu Hirao Station opened on 12 April 1924 as Yahata Station (八幡駅) on the line that became the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line. It was renamed Kyūtetsu Hirao on 1 July 1939 and Nishitetsu Hirao on 22 September 1942. The station building was rebuilt in 1955 and again in 1993. Track elevation between Nishitetsu Hirao and Ōhashi was completed on 3 March 1978, and the parallel elevation up to Nishitetsu Fukuoka finished on 25 March 1995. A new combined station building opened in March 2006. The station code is T03; it carries two opposed elevated side platforms with eight-car capacity.

The station carries the operator prefix "Nishitetsu" because a separate Hirao Station once existed on the JNR Chikuhi Line nearby (Chikuzen-Takamiya, closed with the Hakata-Meinohama segment in 1983) — the name was kept distinct to avoid confusion in timetables.