Kokura Station

Kokura Station 小倉駅
Location	Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu JR West, Kitakyushu Monorail
Line(s)	Kagoshima Main Line Nippō Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen Kitakyushu Monorail Kokura Line
History
Opened	1891

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Kokura Station main entrance

Kokura Station (小倉駅, Kokura-eki) in Kokura Kita ward is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the Sanyo Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with 120,000 users daily. Kokura station was recently expanded and remodelled.

JR lines

• Kagoshima Main Line
• Sanyō Shinkansen
• Nippō Main Line
• Hitahikosan Line

JR limited express trains

• Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama (Tokyo - Hakata)
• Sanyō Shinkansen Mizuho, and Sakura (Shin-Ōsaka - (Kagoshima Chūō by Kyushu Shinkansen)
• Sonic (Hakata - Yanagigaura/Ōita/Saiki)
• Nichirin Seagaia (Hakata - Miyazaki Kūkō)
• Kirameki (Mojikō/Kokura - Hakata)

Monorail

• Kitakyushu Monorail

Tracks

1	■ Nippō Main Line	for Yukuhashi, Nakatsu, Usa and Oita
2	■ Hita Hikosan Line	for Tagawa-Gotōji, Soeda and Hita
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Mojikō
	■ Sanyo Main Line	for Shimonoseki
3	■ Nippō Main Line	for Yukuhashi, Nakatsu, Usa and Oita
	■ Hita Hikosan Line	for Tagawa-Gotōji, Soeda and Hita
4	■ Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin Seagaia	for Orio and Hakata
5	■ Limited Express Kirameki	for Orio and Hakata
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Orio and Hakata
6	■ Limited Express Kirameki	for Orio and Hakata
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Orio and Hakata
7	■ Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin Seagaia	for Oita, Miyazaki, and Miyazaki Kūkō
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Orio and Hakata
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Mojikō
	■ Sanyo Main Line	for Shimonoseki
8	■ Limited Express Kirameki	for Mojikō
	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Mojikō
11・12	■ Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Mizuho, Sakura, Kodama	for Hakata, Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
13	■ Sanyō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Mizuho, Sakura, Kodama	for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
14	■ Sanyō ShinkansenNozomi, Hikari (Hikari Rail Star), Kodama	for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo
	■ Sanyō Shinkansen Kodama	for Hakata (Used for first departures)

History

• April 1, 1891: Opened by the private company Kyushu Tetsudo.
• July 1, 1907: Brought under state control.
• March 1, 1958: Reconstructed 700m eastwards of original location.
• March 10, 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen services commenced.
• April 1, 1987: Following privatisation of JNR it came under the control of JR Kyushu. The Shinkansen platforms are run by JR West.
• April 1, 1998: Kitakyushu Monorail line is extended to Kokura Station as part of a major reconstruction of the station building.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
West Japan Railway Company
Sanyō Shinkansen
Shin-Shimonoseki		Kodama	Hakata
Shin-Shimonoseki or Shin-Yamaguchi		Hikari RailStar /Hikari /Sakura	Hakata
Shin-Yamaguchi or Hiroshima		Nozomi /Mizuho	Hakata
Kyushu Railway Company
Kagoshima Main Line
Moji		Local/Semi-Rapid/Rapid	Nishi-Kokura
Moji		Limited Express	Tobata or Kurosaki
Nippō Main Line Hita Hikosan Line
Moji (through Kagoshima Main Line)		Local/Rapid	Nishi-Kokura
Tobata or Kurosaki (through Kagoshima Main Line)		Limited Express	Shimosone or Yukuhashi
Kitakyūshū Monorail
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Terminus		Local	Heiwadōri

See also

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• New Kitakyushu Airport - a direct rail link to the airport (15 km away) from Kokura station is planned

External links

• Station Information (JR Kyushu) (Japanese)