| Tatsutaguchi Station | |
| Native Name: | 竜田口駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 7 Chome Kurokami, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 860-0862 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8204°N 130.7467°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
| Distance: | 8.9 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 557 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Pass Rank: | 203rd (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Kumamoto Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Tatsutaguchi Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Kita-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1] It is the nearest train station from Kumamoto University International House, as well as the nearest JR station from Kumamoto university main campus (Kurokami campus).
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 8.9 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks at grade. The station building is a Japanese style wooden structure with a red tile roof. It houses a waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a level crossing. To the south of the station, beyond platform 2, is a disused siding.[2] [3]
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.[4] [5]
On 21 June 1914, Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the (later the Miyagi Line) from eastwards to . On the same day, this station was opened as one of several intermediate stations along the track. By 1928, the track had been extended eastward and had linked up with the which had been built westward from . On 2 December 1928, the entire track from Kumamoto to Ōita was designated as the Hōhi 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 2020, the station was used by an average of 557 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 203rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]