is a passenger railway station in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture,

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. It is served by the third-sector railway company Hisatsu Orange Railway

Lines

The station is also served by the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line that follows the former coastal route of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting Yatsushiro and

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. It is located 4.8 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms at grade, connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Gallery

Higo Kouda Station3.JPG, Station sign Higo Kouda Station2.JPG, View of station platforms Higo Kouda Station4.JPG, Platform shelter

Adjacent stations

History

Higo Kouda Station was opened on 17 July 1933 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Kagoshima Main Line. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR Kyushu. On 13 March 2004, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, the station was transferred to the Hisatsu Orange Railway. On 1 October 2019 the station name sign was updated with the introduction of station numbering. The English name was changed from "Higo Kouda" to "Higo-Kōda."

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2019 was 470 passengers. National Land Numerical Information (passenger traffic by station data)
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, accessed September 6, 2021.

Surrounding area

*Nakakyushu Junior College *Kumamoto National College of Technology Yatsushiro Campus *Kumamoto Prefectural Yatsushiro Technical High School

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto