| Tamana Station | |
| Native Name: | 玉名駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.9257°N 130.548°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Kagoshima Main Line, |
| Distance: | 168.6 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) (outsourced) |
| Former: | Takase (until 10 April 1956) |
| Passengers: | 2,770 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 67th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1]
The station is served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 168.6 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of a side and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. The station building is a concrete structure of modern design and houses a kiosk, an enclosed waiting room and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2] [3]
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 counter which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4] [5]
The privately run Kyushu Railway had opened a stretch of track between and the (now closed) Chitosegawa temporary stop on 11 December 1889. After several phases of expansion northwards and southwards, by February 1891, the line stretched from south to . In the next phase of expansion, the track was extended south with this station opening as the new southern terminus on 1 April 1891 with the name Takase. On 1 July 1891, it became a through-station when the track was further extended to . 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 Hitoyoshi Main Line and then on 21 November 1909, part of the Kagoshima Main Line. On 10 April 1956, the station was renamed Tamana. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,770 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 67th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]