is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Station layout
History Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 6 November 1953 as an additional temporary stop on the existing Chikuho Main Line track. On 1 November 1962, it was upgraded to a full station. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
On 4 March 2017, Oku-Dōkai, along with several other stations on the line, became a "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, although the station is unstaffed, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates can receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre which is located at .
Surrounding area It is the westernmost train station among four stations in Wakamatsu-ku, all of those are on the Chikuho Main Line. National Route 199 runs immediately north of the station. Other points of interest include: Wakamatsu Boat Racing - 200m south Best Denki Wakamatsu-nishi store - 400m east Higashi Futajima Post office - 500m west
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