| Kibana Station | |
| Native Name: | 木花駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Kumano, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-2151 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 31.8317°N 131.4367°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nichinan Line |
| Distance: | 7.5 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 + 1 siding |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Bicycle: | Bike shed |
| Accessible: | Yes - level crossing and ramps to platform |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 353 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 287th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Miyazaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kibana Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1]
Kibana Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 7.5 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of an unnumbered island platform serving two tracks at grade set in a largely residential area. The station building is located on the east side of the tracks and is a timber building decorated with triangular gables and stained glass. It is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. A level crossing leads to the island platform where an automatic ticket vending machine is located. A separate station entrance on the west side has also been constructed which includes a bike shed and a station forecourt with a bus stop and a traffic roundabout. From there a level crossing leads to the island platform.[2] [3]
The private (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Minamikata as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 353 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 287th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[5]