Nishimuta Station
# Nishimuta Station

Nishimuta Station (西牟田駅, Nishimuta-eki) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

## Lines

The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 122.6 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko.

## Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a modern prefabricated structure and houses a small waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine, and Sugoca card readers. Access to the opposite side platform is by means of a footbridge. The elevated tracks of the Kyushu Shinkansen run next to platform 2, parallel with the tracks.

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kagoshima Main Line |||||
| JA 18 Araki | JA 18 Araki | Local | JB 20 Hainuzuka | JB 20 Hainuzuka |
| JA 18 Araki | JA 18 Araki | Rapid (some trains) | JB 20 Hainuzuka | JB 20 Hainuzuka |

## History

The station was opened by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on 17 May 1937 as an additional station on the existing Kagoshima Main Line track. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station. The station became unstaffed in 2016.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 430 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 258th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

