| Tagawa-Gotōji Station | |
| Native Name: | 田川後藤寺駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Other Name: | MrMax Tagawa-Gotōji Station |
| Address: | 1829 Nara, Tagawa-shi, Fukuoka-ken 826-0042 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.6303°N 130.8°W |
| Distance: | 30.0 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island + 1 bay platform |
| Tracks: | 5 |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Code: | JI14, JJ06, HC55 |
| Former: | Gotōji (to 1982) |
| Pass Year: | 639 (JR-FY2021) 440 (Heisei FY2019) |
| Map Type: | Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Tagawa-Gotōji Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated jointly by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) by the third-sector railway operator Heisei Chikuhō Railway. [1] On 1 April 2009, discount shop chain MrMax acquired naming rights to the Heisei Chikuhō part of the station. Therefore, the station is alternatively known as .[2]
Tagawa-Gotōji Station is served by the Hitahikosan Line and is 30.0 kilometers from the starting point of that line at . It is also the terminus for the 13.3 kilometer Gotōji Line to . On the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Ita Line, it is 6.8 kilometers from the terminus the line at ..
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform and one side platform with a notch cutout to all the total of three platforms to serve five tracks. The platforms are accessed by footbridges, and as there are no elevators, the platforms are not barrier-free. The station building is a one-story steel frame building that was renovated in 1997, and contains a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.The ticket gates are shared by both companies and are staffed by JR employees.[1]
The station was opened on 5 February 1896 as on the Hōshū Railway. The railway merged with the Kyushu Railway in 1901 and was nationalized in 1907. It was renamed to its present name on 3 November 1982. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. The Ita Line was transferred to the Heisei Chikuhō Railway on 1 October 1989.
In fiscal 2021, the station was used by an average of 639 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In 2019, the Heisei Chikuhō Railway portion of the station was used by 440 passengers daily. [4]