| Kiire Station | |
| Native Name: | 喜入駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Kiire-chō, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima-ken 891-0203 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Ibusuki Makurazaki Line |
| Distance: | 26.6 km from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 461 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Map Type: | Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kiire Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1] [2]
The station is served by the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line and is located 26.6 km from the starting point of the line at .[1]
This is an above-ground station with two opposed side platforms, connected by a footbridge. There is also one non-operational storage track connected to the main line by a crossing switch near Kagoshima-Chuo, which is mainly used for storing maintenance vehicles, where trains can be exchanged. The station is unattended.
Japanese Government Railways (JGR) had opened the then from Nishi-Kagoshima (now to on 7 December 1930. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south, with Kiire opening as the new southern terminus on 20 May 1934. It became a through-station on 19 December 1934 when the track was further extended to . On 31 October 1963, the line which served the station was renamed the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[3]
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 461 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 226th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[4]