Onojo

Weekday departures: 179/day · Sat & holiday departures: 179/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:26 / 23:00

Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (14)

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• Kagoshima Main Line: Kasuga (Fukuoka) ⇄ Mizuki

Ōnojō Station traces its history to 10 June 1946 when the Ministry of Transport opened the Kasuga Signal Station to handle Allied-Occupation freight traffic. The signal stop was promoted to a full station on 1 October 1961 as Shirakibaru Station, with cargo handling for the US-military dedicated branch. Driver-handled freight ended in March 1974 and the site became a contract-staffed station. JR Kyushu took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and a local renaming campaign led to the change to Ōnojō Station on 11 March 1989 — distinguishing it from the nearby Nishitetsu Shirakibaru Station. The current overhead station building opened on 20 August 1990, and rapid services began stopping in March 2003.

The station name combines three local references: "Kasuga" from a nearby shrine, "Shirakibaru" thought to derive from a settlement of immigrants from Silla in ancient Korea, and "Ōnojō" from the ancient mountain fortress for which the city is now named.