Amagi

History

Amagi Station is a shared name used by two different operators, whose station buildings stand about 100 metres apart in Amagi, Asakura City. The Nishitetsu side opened on 8 December 1921 as a stop of the Mitsui Electric Tramway, was absorbed into the second Kyushu Railway in 1924, and then into Kyushu Electric Tramway in September 1942, which renamed itself Nishi-Nippon Railroad days later. The Amagi Railway side opened on 28 April 1939 as a station of the Ministry of Railways' Amagi Line (initially read 'Amaki', re-read 'Amagi' from 20 September the same year), and was transferred to the new third-sector Amagi Railway on 1 April 1986. The Nishitetsu station building dates from 1948, making it the oldest depot still in service anywhere on the Nishitetsu network.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

The Nishitetsu Amagi depot was built in 1948 and is the oldest station building still in use anywhere on the Nishitetsu network.