Hakata Station

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Hakata Station
博多駅
Chikushiguchi building
Location
Prefecture Fukuoka
(See other stations in Fukuoka)
City Fukuoka
Ward Hakata
History
Opened 1889
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Kyushu, JR West,
Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s) Kagoshima Main Line
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line
Sanyō Shinkansen
Hakata Minami Line
Kūkō Line

Hakata Station (博多駅, Hakata-eki) is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest station on Kyūshū, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyūshū for travellers from Honshū. The Sanyō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station. It is located in Hakata-ku. The station is currently being rebuilt with the main building having been torn down and a new, larger station building as well as office buildings and new platforms under construction. The Hakata station reconstruction project is scheduled to be completed by 2011.

Contents

Lines

Tracks

JR platforms

1 Limited Express Kirameki for Kokura and Mojikō
Limited Express Ariake for Yoshizuka
Kagoshima Main Line for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
2 Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin for Kokura, Yanagigaura, Ōita, Saiki, and Miyazaki
Limited Express Ariake, Kirameki for Kokura and Mojikō
Kagoshima Main Line for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
3 Limited Express Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Saga, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Huis Ten Bosch
Limited Express Kirameki for Kokura, and Mojikō
Limited Express Hayabusa for Nagoya and Tokyo
Kagoshima Main Line for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
4 Limited Express Kamome, Midori for Saga, Nagasaki, and Sasebo
Kagoshima Main Line for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
5 Limited Express Tsubame, Ariake for Kumamoto, Hikarinomori, Shin-Yatsushiro, and Kagoshima-Chūō
Limited Express Yufuin-no-mori for Hita, Yufuin, and Ōita
Kagoshima Main Line for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta
Kagoshima Main Line for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
6 Limited Express Tsubame for Kumamoto, Hikarinomori, Shin-Yatsushiro, and Kagoshima-Chūō
Kagoshima Main Line for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta
7 Limited Express Hayabusa for Kumamoto
Kagoshima Main Line for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta
Fukuhoku Yutaka Line for Shin-Iizuka, Nōgata, and Orio
Limited Express Kaiō for Shin-Iizuka and Nōgata
8 Fukuhoku Yutaka Line for Shin-Iizuka, Nōgata, and Orio
11-14 Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Kodama for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
Hakata Minami Line for Hakata-Minami

Subway Station

1 Kūkō Line for Fukuokakūkō
2 Kūkō Line for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu


Adjacent stations

«Service»
West Japan Railway Company
Sanyō Shinkansen
Kokura Nozomi/Hikari RailStar
/Hikari/Kodama
Terminus
Hakata Minami Line
Terminus Local
(operated by Shinkansen trains)
Hakata-Minami
Kyushu Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
Yoshizuka Local Takeshita
Yoshizuka Rapid/Semi-Rapid Minami-Fukuoka
Orio, Akama, Kashii,
or Yoshizuka
Limited Express Futsukaichi or Tosu
Sasaguri Line
(aka Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
Yoshizuka Local/Rapid/
Limited Express
Terminus
Fukuoka City Subway
Kūkō(Airport) Line
Higashi-Hie Local Gion

History

  • December 11, 1889: Opened. The original station building was about 600m north of the current position.
  • December 1, 1963: Station reconstructed in present form raised above street level.
  • March 10, 1975: Sanyō Shinkansen services begun.
  • March 22, 1983: Temporary Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
  • March 3, 1985: Current Fukuoka City Subway station opened.

See also

References

External links


Coordinates: 33°35′23″N 130°25′14″E / 33.589803°N 130.420681°E / 33.589803; 130.420681


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