| Kaku Station | |
| Native Name: | 賀来駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 1-chōme-2 Kakunishi, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken, 870-0850 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.2131°N 131.5625°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Kyūdai Main Line |
| Distance: | 133.9 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 565 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2016 |
| Pass Rank: | 230th (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Kaku Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 133.9 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track. There is no station building, only a shelter on the platform for passengers. Another shelter at the station entrance houses an automatic ticket vending machine.[2] [3]
The private opened a track from to on 30 October 1915. Kaku was opened on the same day as one of several intermediate stations along the track. On 1 December 1922, the Daito Railway was nationalized and absorbed into Japanese Government Railways, (JGR) which designated the track which served the station as part of the Daito Line. On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 565 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 230th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[4]