| Kokubu Station | |
| Native Name: | 国分駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 3-chōme-46 Kokubuchūō, Kirishima-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-4332 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 31.7436°N 130.7634°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nippō Main Line |
| Distance: | 432.1 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 + 2 sidings |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Parking: | Available |
| Bicycle: | Bike shed |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 2451 |
| Pass Year: | FY2022 |
| Pass Rank: | 65th |
| Map Type: | Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kokubu Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1]
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 432.1 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. Two sidings branch off track 3 with one ending in a vehicle shed. The station building, located on the east side of the tracks, is a modern concrete structure that houses a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine and staffed ticket window. Bike sheds and parking are available at the station forecourt. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. Separate from this, another bridge, served by elevators and known as the Kokubu Station East-West Free Passage allows pedestrians to access the streets on both sides of the tracks. Parking is also available at the station forecourt on the west side of tracks.[2] [3] [4]
Management of the passenger facilities at 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 booth which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
The station was opened on 24 November 1929 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) as the eastern terminus of the then which it had laid from Nishi-Kokubu (now). It became a through-station on 10 July 1930 when the track was extended further east to . Subsequently. the Kokuto-West Line was expanded to the east and north, linking up with the Kokuto-East Line at and other networks so that by the end of 1932, through-traffic had been established between and Kagoshima. On 6 December 1932, the entire stretch of track from Kokura through Kokubu to Kagoshima was redesignated as the Nippō Main 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.[7]
In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 2451 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 65th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[8]