Hakata Station Winter Illumination 2018.
Christmas and Winter illumination decorations in 2018

Hakata Station (博多駅, 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.

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

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 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

Fukuoka City Subway

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.

1 Logo of Line 1 (Kūkō Line) of the Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line for Fukuokakūkō
2 Logo of Line 1 (Kūkō Line) of the Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu
  • Entrance No.13
    Entrance No.13
  • Concourse
    Concourse
  • Station sign of the Hakata subway station for Gion bound trains
    Station sign of the Hakata subway station for Gion bound trains
  • Platform
    Platform

History

Hakata Station building, circa 1909
  • 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "福岡市交通局，七隈線延伸区間（天神南—博多間）の開業は2023年3月27日に" [Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau, Nanakuma Line extension section (Tenjin Minami - Hakata) will open on 27 March 2023]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ "福岡市の地下鉄七隈線が延伸開業、新駅で通勤時間短縮 - 日本経済新聞" [Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line Opens, New Station Shortens Commuting Time]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun Online. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ "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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