History
Hizen-Kashima Station opened on 30 November 1930 as a station of the Ministry of Railways. The "Hizen" prefix was added to distinguish it from Kashima Station on the Jōban Line in Fukushima Prefecture. Cargo handling was abolished on 1 February 1984 and parcel handling on 14 March 1985. A Midori no Madoguchi reservation office was installed on 29 March 1986. With the breakup and privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station passed to JR Kyushu. The station was made step-free inside on 1 March 2013. The Hizen-Kashima station-master post was abolished on 1 April 2016 when operations were outsourced. From 23 September 2022, when the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen opened and the limited-express "Kamome" was withdrawn, the new "Kasasagi" limited express began running between Hizen-Kashima and Hakata. On 1 October 2023 the station reverted to direct JR Kyushu management. Work on a replacement station building began in 2025, with the new building scheduled for service in 2027, a replica of the original first-generation building in 2028, and full surrounding-area development in 2029.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Hizen-Kashima is a limited-express stop and the terminus of the "Kasasagi" service from Hakata; many travellers use it as the closest limited-express station to Yūtoku Inari Shrine. The current station has an island platform with two tracks, accessed from the station building on the west side via an underpass. Step-up platform edges raised for the older 783-series "Step" trains were lowered into a level surface when an elevator was installed in March 2013.