Meinohama Station
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Meinohama Station 姪浜駅 | |
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 South Exit | |
| General information | |
| Location | Nishi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan |
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| Other information | |
| Station code | K01 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1925 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2005[citation needed] | 18,455 daily |
Meinohama Station (姪浜駅, Meinohama-eki) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by JR Kyushu and the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau. The station symbol of the subway station is a yacht in yellow, symbolising nearby Odo yacht harbour.
Lines
Station layout
This is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kūkō Line | for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport) (through from Chikuhi Line) |
| 2 | ■ Kūkō Line | for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō |
| ■ Hakozaki Line | for Fukuoka | |
| 3 | ■ Kūkō Line | for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō |
| ■ Hakozaki Line | for Kaizuka | |
| 4 | ■ Chikuhi Line | for Chikuzen-Maebaru, Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu |
- Some trains leaving from track 2 and 3 stop at all stations to Nakasu-Kawabata and continue on Hakozaki Line.
- Track 2 and 3 are connected to Fukuoka City Subway Meinohama rolling stock maintenance depot near Shimoyamato Station 33°34′54″N 130°18′35″E / 33.581528°N 130.309639°E.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Kūkō Line | ||||
| Terminal | - | Muromi | ||
| Chikuhi Line | ||||
| Shimoyamato | Local | Muromi | ||
| Shimoyamato | Express | Muromi | ||
History
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- April 15, 1925: Station is established by Kitakyushu Railroad
- October 1, 1937: The Railroad Ministry nationalizes all railroads, this station becomes a station of the Chikuhi Line
- March 22, 1983: Electrification of the track between Meinohama Station and Karatsu Station is completed and the track from Meinohama Station to Hakata Station is discontinued. The Fukuoka City Subway Number 1 Line (now the Kūkō Line) opens accompanied by a mutual operating agreement between it and the Chikuhi Line.
- April 1, 1987: With the privatization of JNR, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.
