Hakata Station

Hakata Station (博多駅) 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

 * Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line
 * Kagoshima Main Line
 * Kyushu Shinkansen
 * San'yō Shinkansen
 * Hakata-Minami Line
 * San'yō Shinkansen
 * Hakata-Minami Line

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.

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.

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.