Hakata Station

博多
Chikushiguchi building
General information
Operated by	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.

Lines

• Fukuoka City Subway
  • Kūkō Line
• Kyushu Railway Company
  • Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line
  • Kagoshima Main Line
  • Kyushu Shinkansen (under construction)
• West Japan Railway Company
  • Sanyō Shinkansen
  • Hakata-Minami Line

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		→
Higashi-Hie Station		Subway Kūkō (Airport) Line		Gion Station
Yoshizuka Station		Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line		Terminus
Terminus		Hakata-Minami Line (Local service using Shinkansen)		Hakata-Minami Station
Yoshizuka Station		Kagoshima Line		Takeshita Station
Kokura Station		Sanyō Shinkansen		Terminus

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

Media related to Hakata Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

External links

• Fukuoka subway at urbanrail.net
• Hataka Station (JR Kyushu) Template:Ja
• Hataka Station (JR West) Template:Ja
• Hakata Station (Fukuoka Subway) Template:Ja

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