Nanakuma Line

Nanakuma Line
3000 series trainsets at Hashimoto depot
Overview
Owner	Fukuoka City Subway
Locale	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Termini	Fukuoka Tenjin-Minami
Stations	16
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Depot(s)	Hashimoto
Rolling stock	3000 series
History
Opened	3 February 2005
Technical
Line length	12.0 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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|} The Nanakuma Line (七隈線, Nanakuma-sen) is a subway line, part of the Fukuoka City Subway system in Fukuoka, Japan. It runs from Hashimoto Station in Nishi Ward to Tenjin-Minami Station in Chūō Ward, all within Fukuoka. The line's color on maps is green. Officially, the line is called Line 3 (Nanakuma Line) (3号線(七隈線), San-gō-sen (Nanakuma-sen)). Like other Fukuoka City Subway lines, stations are equipped with automatic platform gates, and trains are automatically operated by ATO system.

This is the fourth linear motor subway line to be built in Japan, opening on 3 February 2005. The Nanakuma Line was originally conceived in the 1960s to provide access to Nakamura Gakuen University and Fukuoka University, and in 1975 it was planned to run from Tenjin-Minami Station to Jōnan Station as a linear-motored subway, but the plan was subsequently amended for the line to end at Hashimoto Station.

The line links the Central business district and the southwestern part of the city, which did not have a railway transport. Construction on a 1.6 km extension from Tenjin-Minami to Hakata station via Canal City received its final planning permissions in 2014, and is expected to be completed by 2020.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Hashimoto	橋本	0		Nishi	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Jirōmaru	次郎丸	1.0		Sawara
Kamo	賀茂	1.7
Noke	野芥	2.6
Umebayashi	梅林	3.4		Jōnan
Fukudaimae	福大前	4.3
Nanakuma	七隈	4.9
Kanayama	金山	5.7
Chayama	茶山	6.5
Befu	別府	7.5
Ropponmatsu	六本松	8.3		Chūō
Sakurazaka	桜坂	9.2
Yakuin-ōdōri	薬院大通	10.2
Yakuin	薬院	10.8	Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Watanabe-dōri	渡辺通	11.3
Tenjin-Minami	天神南	12.0	■ Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line (Tenjin) Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line (Fukuoka)

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

External links

• Fukuoka City Subway official website Template:Ja icon
• Fukuoka City Subway official website Template:En icon
• Hitachi: Linear-Motor Subways : The Future of Urban Mass Transit