[1] On 1 April 2009, nearby Tagara High School acquired naming rights to the station.

[2] Magarikane Station is served by the Tagawa and is located 23.6 km from the starting point of the line at Yukuhashi.

The Kyushu Railway merged with Hōshū Railroad in 1901 and was nationalized in 1907.

Between 1899 and 1973, a short freight-only branch line ran from this station north to Natsuyoshi.

[4] With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, it became a station on JR Kyushu and was transferred to the Heisei Chikuho Railway on 1 October 1989.