| Hizen-Kubo Station | |
| Native Name: | 肥前久保駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Ochicho Kubo, Karatsu-shi, Saga-ken 849-3232 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.3558°N 130.0006°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Chikuhi Line |
| Distance: | 5.1 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Bicycle: | Bike shed |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Former: | Banzoīn (until 1 October 1937) |
| Passengers: | 14 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
| Map Type: | Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Hizen-Kubo Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station on the Chikuhi Line of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.[1]
The station is served by the western section of the Chikuhi Line and is 5.1 km from the starting point of this section at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building but a shelter is provided on the platform. In addition, a waiting room named "Sakura-kan" (meaning Cherry Blossom Room) has been set up near the station entrance. A bike shed is provided nearby.[2] [3]
The private Kitakyushu Railway, which had a track between and by 1926 and had expanded southwards to by 1929. In a later phase of expansion, the track was extended west from Yamamoto to, which opened as the western terminus on 1 March 1935. This station was opened on the same day as an intermediate station on the new track under the name . The Kitakyushi Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1937 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control of the station, renamed it Hizen-Kubo and designated the track which served it as part of the Chikuhi Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2015, there were a total of 5,125 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 14 passengers.[4]