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Kyushu Shinkansen 九州新幹線

Shinkansen · JR Kyushu 九州旅客鉄道 · 12 stations

How to ride JR Kyushu (Kyushu Railway Company) P

Operator-wide facts from JR Kyushu (Kyushu Railway Company)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Some cards or areas PSUGOCA, Kitaca, Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca +4 more
Credit card touchNot confirmed
Delays & suspensionsLive status →By area and Shinkansen line; English, Chinese and Korean via AI translation
Step-free accessStation list → PPer-line PDFs show the barrier-free facilities of each station; elevators linking street, concourse and platforms and multipurpose toilets are installed first at stations used by 3,000+ people a day (2,000+ in local plans).
Passes4 valid herefrom ¥3,000
IC cards and payment in detail

IC cards work only inside JR Kyushu's SUGOCA areas, not on the whole network. There are three separate areas: Fukuoka–Saga–Nagasaki–Ōita–Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Miyazaki (JR Kyushu announced the date of the Miyazaki expansion on 8 December 2025); JR Kyushu shows the stations on its SUGOCA area route map. Outside these areas the card cannot be used, you cannot ride past the area edge or pay the excess there by card, and one trip cannot cross from one SUGOCA area to another. The stored-value balance cannot be used on the Kyushu or Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen. For trips that leave the area or connect to the Shinkansen, buy a ticket for the whole journey before boarding. The other nationwide cards (Suica, PASMO, ICOCA, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, PiTaPa, Hayakaken, nimoca) are accepted in the SUGOCA areas under nationwide mutual use, per the card issuers' pages; the PASMO page notes a few lines do not take every card. Contactless credit card touch at JR Kyushu gates: not confirmed. P

上記エリア外ではSUGOCAを利用できません。エリア外への乗り越し、エリア外でのSUGOCAによる精算はできません。

Getting on

  1. Inside a SUGOCA area: use SUGOCA or another nationwide IC card at the ticket gate.
  2. If your trip leaves the SUGOCA area, crosses into another SUGOCA area, or continues on the Shinkansen, buy a ticket for the whole journey before you board instead of using the IC card.
  3. Touch one card only: with two IC cards in the same case the gate will not let you through.

Getting off

  1. Touch the IC card on the exit gate. If you pass without touching, the card cannot be used next time.
  2. If the gate beeps and stays closed (balance too low, entry not recorded), read the message on the display.
  3. Combining a discount ticket or other ticket with the IC card balance: use the fare adjustment machine or ask the staff at the gate.

Getting on

  1. Every passenger needs a ticket to the destination, a boarding certificate (乗車駅証明書) or a numbered ticket (整理券) when boarding. Keep it until you reach your destination.
  2. IC card: touch the simple SUGOCA reader (簡易SUGOCA改札機) at stations without staff too.

Getting off

  1. IC card: touch the simple SUGOCA reader when you get off. The crew may check the card's entry record when you get off at a station without staff.
  2. Where the conductor or driver collects tickets at a station without staff, show your SUGOCA and then touch the reader.
  3. If the card cannot be processed where no staff are present, tell the staff at a staffed station in the SUGOCA area the next time you use it.
Wheelchair assistance

JR Kyushu Anshin Support Net reception centre (JR九州あんしんサポートネット受付案内センター), 5:30–24:00 (call charges apply; automated voice reception, then an operator calls back). Book help with boarding or wheelchair spaces by phone, online or at a staffed station; wheelchair-space bookings run from 10:00 one month before to two days before departure. At staffed stations staff guide you to the platform and help you on and off. Many stations are unstaffed: for help there, contact the line's booking point in advance (help available from first to last train). Smart Support Station lines (Kashii Line, Chikuhō Line Wakamatsu–Shin-Iriya, Ōita area, Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line Kōrimoto–Kiire) have their own support centres, e.g. Kashii Support Centre 0120-012-180. On the Kashii Line the train crew can help wheelchair users on and off at most stations even without advance notice. Tel. 0570-07-8787

Sources checked 2026-10-10 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 4 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. 2 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Anyone can buy Until 21 Dec 20263 days · Unlimited rides

"Kyushu de Aou" Unlimited Pass (all Kyushu, incl. Shinkansen)

旅して応援「九州であおう」乗り放題パス · JR Kyushu

¥23,000 Adult · ¥3,000 Child (only with an adult) ¥1,000/day

3 consecutive days, between 1 Oct and 24 Dec 2026.

Seniors 3 days · Unlimited rides

Hello! Jiyū Jikan Net Pass (members 60+)

ハロー！自由時間ネットパス／グリーンネットパス · JR Kyushu

¥11,300 Northern Kyushu · ¥22,800 All Kyushu · ¥13,500 Green version, Northern Kyushu · +1 more ¥3,767/day

3 consecutive days. Up to 6 reserved seats (Green version: Green or ordinary).

Foreign visitors only 3 days · Unlimited rides

JR Kyushu Rail Pass (All Kyushu)

JR九州レールパス（全九州） · JR Kyushu

¥22,000 Adult, 3 days · ¥11,000 Child (6–11), 3 days · ¥24,000 Adult, 5 days · +9 more ¥7,000/day

3, 5 or 7 consecutive days.

Foreign visitors only 7 days · Unlimited rides

Japan Rail Pass

ジャパン・レール・パス · JR Group (JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku, JR Kyushu)

¥50,000 Ordinary, 7 days, adult (official web sales) · ¥25,000 Ordinary, 7 days, child 6–11 (official web sales) · ¥80,000 Ordinary, 14 days, adult (official web sales) · +21 more ¥7,143/day

7, 14 or 21 consecutive days from the start date you choose. Child = 6 to 11 years old at the time of use.

1 pass covers part of this line

Valid only between the stations named; outside that stretch you pay the fare. Stretches marked “unofficial source” come from Wikipedia or travel sites, and “estimated from the official map” ones were read off the issuer's map image, not its text: check the official map before you buy.

1 area pass that may also be valid

These passes cover an area of this operator's network that the issuer describes only in words or on a map. Check the area before you buy.

  • JR Kyushu Mobile Pass (Fukuoka Wide Area) · ¥3,500 Adult, 2 days · ¥1,750 Child (6–11), 2 days · JR Kyushu local, rapid and limited express trains (non-reserved seats) in the suburban area around Fukuoka, including Mojikō (e.g. Sonic Hakata–Yukuhashi, Kamome/Midori Hakata–Tosu, Yufu Hakata–Kurume) (area estimated from the official map).

IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

This line runs through more than one IC card area. A journey on an IC card must start and end in the same area: across the boundary, buy a ticket.

4 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.

How IC card areas work →

Before you travel

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#StationEnglishPassengers / day (2024)Guide / other lines
1博多
はかた 🗣		Hakata504,752Kagoshima Main Line, Sanyō Shinkansen, JR Hakata-Minami Line, Airport Line, Nanakuma Line
2新鳥栖 🗣Shin-Tosu4,124Nagasaki Main Line
3久留米 🗣Kurume14,808Kyūdai Main Line, Kagoshima Main Line
4筑後船小屋 🗣Chikugo Funagoya2,440Kagoshima Main Line
5新大牟田
しんおおむた 🗣		New Omuta1,134
6新玉名
しんたまな 🗣		New Tamana1,104
7熊本 🗣Kumamoto34,452Kagoshima Main Line, Hōhi Main Line
8新八代 🗣Shin-Yatsushiro4,260Kagoshima Main Line
9新水俣 🗣Shin-Minamata1,143Hisatsu Orange Railway
10出水 🗣Izumi2,532Hisatsu Orange Railway
11川内 🗣Sendai5,793Kagoshima Main Line, Hisatsu Orange Railway
12鹿児島中央 🗣Kagoshima-Chūō40,164JR Ibusuki Makurazaki Line, Kagoshima Main Line

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.