December 1, 1898 - Station is established as Myōken Station (妙見駅, Myōken-eki).
October 11, 1905 - Renamed to present name.
August 1982 - The present station building is completed.
March 22, 1983 - Electrification of the track between
Meinohama Station and Nishi-Karatsu Station is completed.
April 1, 1987 - Railways privatize and
JR Kyushu inherits this station.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 502 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 246th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[1]
References
^"駅別乗車人員上位300駅(平成28年度)" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.