Kokura Station in Kokura Kita ward is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the Sanyo Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with 120,000 users daily. In the late 1990s, the Kokura station area was expanded and remodelled.JR lines Kagoshima Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen Nippō Main Line Hitahikosan LineJR limited express trains Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama Sonic (Hakata - Yanagigaura/Ōita/Saiki) Nichirin Seagaia (Hakata - Miyazaki Kūkō) Kirameki (Mojikō/Kokura - Hakata)(the former station site is now known as Nishi ("West")Kokura)(15 km away)(JR Kyushu