History
Ukiha Station opened on 11 July 1931 as Chikugo-Senzoku, an intermediate stop when Japanese Government Railways extended the Kyūdai Main Line east from Chikugo-Yoshii to Chikugo-Ōishi. Freight and parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984, and a footbridge was installed the same year. Control passed to JR Kyushu at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and the station was renamed Ukiha on 1 May 1990 to match the surrounding town name. The 2017 northern Kyushu floods cut the line east of here for a time, the ticket window closed on 31 March 2025 and the station became fully unstaffed the following day, 1 April 2025. Two opposed side platforms serve two tracks at a wooden station building in traditional Japanese style.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Though Ukiha is the city's namesake, the official representative station of Ukiha City (and the nearest one to the city hall) is actually Chikugo-Yoshii, one stop to the west.