Hakata Station

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 San'yō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station.

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Hakata Station

博多駅
The JR Hakata City building
LocationHakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1889
Passengers
FY 2016121,370 daily
Rank1st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
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Hakata Station
Location within Fukuoka city
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Hakata Station (Japan)
Christmas and Winter Illumination decorations in 2018.

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 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

Hakata Station overview, March 2011
Hakata Station and JR Hakata City
LCD departure board of Hakata Station

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  San'yō 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

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

The subway station's symbol mark is a bolt of cloth with the traditional hakata-ori (ja:博多織) pattern "Kenjō Hakata"(献上博多). Hakata-ori is a traditional woven silk textile of Hakata.

Adjacent stations

Service
San'yō Shinkansen
Hakata Minami Line
Kokura   Nozomi   Terminus
Kokura   Hikari   Terminus
Kokura   Kodama   Hakata-Minami
Kyushu Shinkansen
Kokura (San'yō Shinkansen)   Mizuho   Kumamoto
Kokura (San'yō Shinkansen)   Sakura   Shin-Tosu
Terminus   Tsubame   Shin-Tosu
Kagoshima Main Line
JA  19  Orio, JA  14  Akama, JA  04  Kashii,
or JA  01  Yoshizuka
Limited Express JB  08  Futsukaichi or JB  15  Tosu
JA  01  Yoshizuka Rapid/Semi-Rapid JB  03  Minami-Fukuoka
JA  01  Yoshizuka Local JB  01  Takeshita
Sasaguri Line
(Fukuhoku Yutaka Line)
JC  01  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: San'yō 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.

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(平成28年度)" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

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