History
Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station opened on 12 April 1924 as Futsukaichi Station on the Kyushu Railway, the forerunner of the Tenjin Ōmuta Line. It was renamed Kyūtetsu Futsukaichi on 1 July 1939 and received its present name on 22 September 1942 when the operator became Nishi-Nippon Railway after merger. The current west station building dates to 1969 and an east entrance was added in 2003. Automatic ticket gates arrived in 1987 and the nimoca IC system in 2008. The station hosts four island platforms serving seven tracks and acts as the junction with the 2.4 km Dazaifu branch line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The station's second platform sits between platforms 1 and 4 and is normally idle, but is brought into service during peak holiday periods for cross-platform transfers between the main line and the Dazaifu branch.