Hakata Station

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

Hakata Station (博多駅, Hakata-eki), located in Hakata-ku, is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest station on Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travellers from Honshū. The Sanyō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station. 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, specifically for the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen extension from Hakata to Shin-Yatsushiro Station and continuing southward through its existing route to Kagoshima-Chūō Station. The new eastern wing of the station is already open.

[edit] Lines

Hakata City Station panorama view, March 2011

[edit] Tracks

[edit] 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 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
	■Kagoshima Main Line	for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
4	■Limited Express Kamome, Midori	for Saga, Nagasaki, and Sasebo
4	■Kagoshima Main Line	for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō
5	■Limited Express Ariake	for Nagasu, and Kumamoto
	■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 Ariake	for Nagasu, and Kumamoto
6	■Kagoshima Main Line	for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta
7	■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	■Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō (Used for first departures)
12-14	■Sanyō Shinkansen	for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
15-16	■Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
15-16	■Hakata Minami Line	for Hakata-Minami

[edit] Subway Station

Entrance of the Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line


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

[edit] Adjacent stations

«	Service
West Japan Railway Company
Sanyō Shinkansen
Kokura	-	Shin-Tosu (Kyushu Shinkansen)
Hakata Minami Line
Terminus	Local (operated by Shinkansen trains)	Hakata-Minami
Kyushu Railway Company
Kyushu Shinkansen
Kokura (Sanyō Shinkansen)	-	Shin-Tosu
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

[edit] History

Hakata Station and JR Hakata City

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.
March 3, 2011: JR Hakata City opened.
March 12, 2011: Kyushu Shinkansen services begun.