| Kitagata Station | |
| Native Name: | 北方駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Kitagatacho Oaza Shiku, Takeo-shi, Saga-ken 849-2201 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.2164°N 130.0828°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Sasebo Line |
| Distance: | 7.4 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 + 2 sidings |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Accessible: | No – platforms accessed by footbridge |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 100 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2015 |
| Map Type: | Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kitagata Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Kitagata neighborhood of the city of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Sasebo Line and is located 7.4 km from the starting point of the line at . Only Sasebo Line local services stop at this station.[2]
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. Sidings branch off tracks 1 and 3. The station building is a timber structure which presently serves only as a waiting room. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[3] [4]
The private Kyushu Railway had opened a track from to on 20 August 1891. In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended westwards with Takeo (today) opening as the new western terminus on 5 May 1895. Kitagata was opened on the same day as an intermediate station along the new stretch of 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, the station became part of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 December 1934, another track was designated the Nagasaki Main Line and the track serving the station was redesignated the Sasebo 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 36,647 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 100 passengers.[5]