Heisei Station

Heisei Station (平成駅) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.

Lines
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 2.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.

Layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks at grade under a road overpass. There is no station building, but both platforms have shelters. A staffed ticket booth is located on one of the platforms. Access to the other side platform is by means of a footbridge.

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 booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.

History
JR Kyushu opened the station on 15 July 1992 as an addition station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.

Passenger statistics
In the fiscal year of 2021, the station was used by an average of 998 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 140th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.