Hakata Station
Major railway and metro station in Fukuoka, Japan
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Hakata Station (Japanese: 博多駅, Hepburn: Hakata-eki) is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travelers coming from Honshu by rail travel. The San'yō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station.
Hakata, Fukuoka
Japan
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| Location | 1-1 Hakata Station Central Street Hakata, Fukuoka Japan | ||||
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| Opened | 11 December 1889 | ||||
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| FY 2016 | 121,370 daily | ||||
| Rank | 1st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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The station was rebuilt in 2011. The main building was demolished and a new, larger station building, as well as office buildings and new platforms, was constructed. The station reconstruction project was initiated specifically for the Kyushu Shinkansen extension from Hakata to Shin-Yatsushiro Station which continues southward through its existing route to Kagoshima-Chūō Station. The new station building has a Hankyu Department Store, its first branch store in Kyushu, as a tenant, as well as other first-in-Kyushu branch retailers including Tokyu Hands.
Lines
Platforms
JR
| 1 | ■ Limited Express Kirameki | for Kokura and Mojikō |
| 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 Relay 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 Relay Kamome, Midori | for Saga, Nagasaki, and Sasebo |
| Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō | |
| 5 | ■ 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 | 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 |
| 12-14 |  San'yō Shinkansen |
for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo |
| 15-16 | Kyushu Shinkansen |
for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| Hakataminami Line | for Hakataminami |
Fukuoka City Subway
The subway station's symbol mark is a bolt of cloth with the traditional hakata-ori pattern "Kenjō Hakata"(献上博多). Hakata-ori is a traditional woven silk textile of Hakata.
| 1 |  Kūkō Line |
for Fukuoka Airport |
| 2 | Kūkō Line |
for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu |
| 3 |  Nanakuma Line |
for Hashimoto |
| 4 | Nanakuma Line |
for Hashimoto |
Entrance No.13
Concourse
Station sign of the Hakata subway station for Gion bound trains
Platform
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History
- 11 December 1889: opened. The original station building was about 600 m north of the current position.
- 1 December 1963: station reconstructed in present form raised above street level.
- 10 March 1975: San'yō Shinkansen services began.
- 22 March 1983: temporary Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
- 3 March 1985: current Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
- 3 March 2011: JR Hakata City opened.
- 12 March 2011: Kyushu Shinkansen services begin.
- 27 March 2023: Extension of the Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line begins operation.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 121,370 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 1st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]
