History
The Misumi Line was built to connect Misumi Port at the tip of the Uto Peninsula, and Misumi Station was established as its terminus. The first-generation Misumi Station opened on 25 December 1899 on the Kyushu Railway, on a temporary site near the planned terminus; the station was relocated to its present position on 5 September 1903 after the short-distance port for routes to Amakusa and Shimabara was completed nearby. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907 and the station passed to the government railway. Imperial trains carrying Emperor Shōwa called here on 30 May 1949 (post-war Imperial tour) and again on 28 October 1966 (Imperial visit by the Emperor and Empress). Cargo handling was abolished on 15 November 1982 and parcel handling on 14 March 1985. With the breakup and privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR Kyushu. On 1 October 2023, the station reverted from JR Kyushu Service Support entrustment to direct JR Kyushu management.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Misumi has a 1903 wooden station building with a tall ceiling that survives today. The building was renovated when the limited-express "A-Train" tourist service began. On A-Train operating days, the regular local train that arrives first waits on the western shunt road until the A-Train has departed, then re-enters the platform. After the Misumi-Shimabara ferry was withdrawn in August 2006, the Amakusa-Takarajima Line ferry between Misumi and Hondo Port began on 1 April 2009, taking over the maritime connection to Amakusa.