Hakata Station

Hakata Station 博多駅
The JR Hakata City building
Location	Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken Japan
Operated by	■ JR Kyushu ■ JR West ■ Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s)	Kyushu Shinkansen Kagoshima Main Line Fukuhoku Yutaka Line Sanyo Shinkansen Hakata Minami Line Kūkō Line
Other information
Station code	K11 (Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line)
History
Opened	1889
Location

Hakata Station (博多駅, Hakata-eki) is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest station in Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travellers from Honshu. The Sanyo Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station.

The station was rebuilt in 2011. The main building was torn down 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 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

Hakata Station overview, March 2011

Hakata Station and JR Hakata City

LCD departure board of Hakata Station

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

Platforms

JR

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 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
	■ 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 Ariake	for Nagasu, and Kumamoto
	■ 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 Ariake	for Nagasu, and Kumamoto
	■ 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 (Used for first departures)
12-14	■ Sanyo Shinkansen	for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
15-16	■ Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
	■ Hakata Minami Line	for Hakata-Minami

Subway Station

Entrance of the Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line

1	■ Kūkō Line	for Fukuokakūkō
2	■ Kūkō Line	for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Sanyo Shinkansen
Kokura		Nozomi		Terminus
Kokura		Hikari		Terminus
Kokura		Kodama		Terminus
Hakata Minami Line
Terminus		Limited Express (operated by Shinkansen trains)	Hakata-Minami
Kyushu Shinkansen
Kokura (Sanyo Shinkansen)		Mizuho		Kumamoto
Kokura (Sanyo Shinkansen)		Sakura		Shin-Tosu
Terminus		Tsubame		Shin-Tosu
Kagoshima Main Line
Orio, Akama, Kashii, or Yoshizuka		Limited Express	Futsukaichi or Tosu
Yoshizuka		Rapid/Semi-Rapid	Minami-Fukuoka
Yoshizuka		Local	Takeshita
Sasaguri Line (Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
Yoshizuka		Limited Express Rapid Local	Terminus
Kūkō (Airport) Line
Higashi-Hie		Local	Gion

History

Hakata Station building circa 1909

• December 11, 1889: Opened. The original station building was about 600 m north of the current position.
• December 1, 1963: Station reconstructed in present form raised above street level.
• March 10, 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen services begun.
• March 22, 1983: Temporary Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
• March 3, 1985: Current Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
• March 3, 2011: JR Hakata City opened.
• March 12, 2011: Kyushu Shinkansen services begin.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

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