Hakata Station
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Hakata Station (博多駅) is the main railway terminal in Fukuoka, Japan.

Lines

• Fukuoka Municipal Subway Kuko Line
• Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line
• Hakata-Minami Line
• Kagoshima Line
• Kyushu Shinkansen (under construction)
• Sanyo Shinkansen

History

• December 11, 1889: Opened. The original station building was about 600m north of the current position.
• December 1, 1963: Station reconstructed in present form raised above street level.
• March 10, 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen services begun.
• March 22, 1983: Temporary Fukuoka Municipal Subway station opened.
• March 3, 1985: Current Fukuoka Municipal Subway station opened.

Neighboring Stations

South, west	Line	North, east
Gion Station	Kuko Line	Higashi-Hie Station
	Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line	Yoshizuka Station
Hakata-Minami Station	Hakata-Minami Line
Takeshita Station	Kagoshima Line	Yoshizuka Station
	Sanyo Shinkansen	Kokura Station

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