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.
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Location | 1-1 Hakata Station Central Street, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City Fukuoka Prefecture Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 11 December 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2016 | 121,370 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 1st (among JR Kyushu stations) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hakata station Location within Fukuoka city Hakata station Hakata station (Fukuoka Prefecture) Hakata station Hakata station (Kyushu) Hakata station Hakata station (Japan) |
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.
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 |
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 |
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]