JR Kyushu has announced that express trains will start stopping at Kusami Station, the nearest station to Kitakyushu Airport, on the Nippo Main Line, from April 1, 2025. Currently, only local trains stop at this station, and the introduction of express trains from Hakata and Oita will enhance airport access.
A total of 10 express trains, five each for up and down lines, will stop at Kusami Station daily. Downbound trains (departing from Hakata to Oita) will include “Sonic No. 1, 31, 37, 43” and “Nichirin Seagaia No. 5”, and upbound trains (departing from Oita to Hakata) will include “Sonic No. 6, 8, 16, 42, 48”. The estimated travel time between Kusami and Hakata Station will be approximately one hour.
In conjunction with this, additional airport bus services connecting Kitakyushu Airport and Kusami Station will be increased from the current 27 round trips to 40 round trips a day starting the same day. Likewise, bus services between Kitakyushu Airport and Kokura Station will increase from 17 to 21 round trips a day.
Furthermore, a digital ticket bundle, the “Kitakyushu Airport Express Ticket”, including a train ticket to Kusami Station, an unreserved express train ticket, and the bus fare from Kusami Station to Kitakyushu Airport, will be available for purchase. Prices are 1,000 yen from Orio Station and Kurosaki Station, 2,400 yen from Hakata Station, and 3,500 yen from Beppu Station and Oita Station. The ticket will be available from April 1, 2025. Until June 30, 2025, as a promotional price, tickets from Orio and Kurosaki Stations will be 500 yen, and from Beppu and Oita Stations, 2,700 yen. This offer is limited to the first 1,000 customers departing from Beppu and Oita Stations.
Kusami Station is located approximately 8 kilometers west of Kitakyushu Airport. The airport can be reached by a local bus service in about 17 minutes.
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