Hakata Station

Location
	Hakata Station Location within Fukuoka city Hakata Station Hakata Station (Japan)

Hakata Station

博多駅
Hakata Station; 博多駅
	The JR Hakata City building
General information
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; San'yō Shinkansen; ■ Hakata Minami Line; Kūkō Line;
Other information
Station code	00 (JR Kyushu) ; K11 (Kūkō Line)
History
Opened	1889
Passengers
FY 2016	121,370 daily
Rank	1st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Location
	Hakata Station Location within Fukuoka city 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 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.

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

Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- San'yō 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
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	■ Limited Express Ariake	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

Subway Station

Entrance of the Fukuoka City Subway Airport Line
Running in board of the Hakata subway station for Gion

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
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

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]

References

^ "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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)