| Kikitsu Station | |
| Native Name: | 喜々津駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Tarami-chō, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki-ken 859-0401 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8326°N 129.9862°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nagasaki Main Line |
| Distance: | 106.9 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 + 1 siding |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Accessible: | Yes - footbridge served by elevators |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 1499 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Pass Rank: | 99th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kikitsu Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu. From here, in the direction of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Main Line splits into the "new line" (inland route via) and the "old line" (coastal route via).[1]
The station is served by the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 106.9 km from the starting point of the line at . Besides the local services on the line, the JR Kyushu Rapid Seaside Liner service between and also stops at the station.[2]
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The station building, a timber structure, houses a waiting area and a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by a footbridge served by elevators.[3] [4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket window which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
The private Kyushu Railway, had opened a track from to by 5 May 1895, and thereafter expanding southwards in phases, as part of the construction of a line to Nagasaki. Separately, a track was laid from (then known as Nagasaki) north to Nagayo, which opened on 22 July 1897. On 27 November 1898, a linkup was made between Nagayo and the track from Tosu which had reached southwards to . Kikitsu was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new track. When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized on 1 July 1907, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station. On 12 October 1909, track from Tosu through Haiki, Ōmura, Kikitsu, Nagayo to Nagasaki was designated the Nagasaki Main Line. On 2 October 1972, Kikitsu became a junction station when a shorter inland bypass route was opened between Kikitsu through to Urakami. This became known as the new line or Ichinuno branch of the Nagasaki Main Line. The section to Nagayo became known as the old line or the Nagayo branch. 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 2020, the station was used by an average of 1499 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 99th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]