Hakata Station

00 00 K11 N18
Hakata Station

博多駅
00 00 K11 N18; Hakata Station; 博多駅
	The JR Hakata City building
General information
Location	1-1 Hakata Station Central Street, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City; Fukuoka Prefecture; Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu; JR West; Fukuoka City Subway;
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen; Kagoshima Main Line; Fukuhoku Yutaka Line; San'yō Shinkansen; Hakata-Minami Line; Kūkō Line; Nanakuma Line;
Other information
Station code	JA00; JK00; K11; N18;
History
Opened	11 December 1889; 134 years ago
Passengers
FY 2016	121,370 daily
Rank	1st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
	Hakata station Location within Fukuoka city Hakata station Hakata station (Fukuoka Prefecture) Hakata station Hakata station (Kyushu) Hakata station Hakata station (Japan)

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

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
4	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
6	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
15-16	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	Kūkō Line	for Fukuokakūkō
2	Kūkō Line	for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu

Entrance No.13
Concourse
Station sign of the Hakata subway station for Gion bound trains
Platform

History

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]

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.