Yakuin Station
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T 02 N14 Yakuin Station 薬院駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Yakuin Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 21-16 1-chōme Shirogane, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°34′54.93″N 130°24′6.06″E / 33.5819250°N 130.4016833°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side + 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | T02, N14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2022 | 35,012 (NNR) 9,528 (Fukuoka Subway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakuin Station (薬院駅, Yakuin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (NNR), and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway[1] The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese.
The station is served by the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line and is 0.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station. It is also served by the subway Nanakuma Line and is 10.8 kilometers form the terminus of that line at Hashimoto.[1]
Station layout
The above ground station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath. The subway station is one-floor underground, with an island platform on the second-floor underneath.[1]
Nishitetsu
| 1 | ■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line | for Futsukaichi, Kurume, Yanagawa and Ōmuta |
| 2 | ■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line | for Fukuoka |
Fukuoka City Subway
| 1 | ■ Nanakuma Line | for Hakata |
| 2 | ■ Nanakuma Line | for Hashimoto |
Yakuin Station in Fukuoka City Subway
Subway's Running in board
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History
The station was opened on 1 June 1927 as a station on the Kyushu Railway. The subway station opened on 3 February 2005.
