Hakata Station

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Hakata Station

博多駅
The JR Hakata City building
General information
Location1-1 Hakata Station Central Street, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code
  • JA00
  • JK00
  • K11
  • N18
History
Opened11 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-11)
Passengers
FY 2016121,370 daily
Rank1st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Terminus San'yō Shinkansen Kokura
towards Shin-Ōsaka
San'yō Shinkansen
(limited)
through to Kyushu Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen
San'yō Shinkansen
through to Hakata-Minami Line San'yō Shinkansen
Hakata-Minami
Terminus
Hakata-Minami Line Terminus
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Kumamoto Kyūshū Shinkansen
Mizuho
through to San'yō Shinkansen
Shin-Tosu Kyūshū Shinkansen
Sakura
Kyūshū Shinkansen
Tsubame
Terminus
Minami-Fukuoka
JB  03 
towards Kagoshima
Kagoshima Main Line
Rapid
Yoshizuka
JA  01 
towards Mojikō
Kagoshima Main Line
Semi-Rapid
Takeshita
JB  01 
towards Kagoshima
Kagoshima Main Line
Local
Yoshizuka
JC  01 
towards Hakata
Sasaguri Line
Rapid/Local
Terminus
Preceding station Logo of the Fukuoka City Subway Fukuoka City Subway Following station
Gion
K10
towards Meinohama
Kūkō Line Higashi-Hie
K12
Kushida Shrine
N17
towards Hashimoto
Nanakuma Line Terminus
Location
Hakata station is located in Fukuoka city
Hakata station
Hakata station
Location within Fukuoka city
Hakata station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Hakata station
Hakata station
Hakata station (Fukuoka Prefecture)
Hakata station is located in Kyushu
Hakata station
Hakata station
Hakata station (Kyushu)
Hakata station is located in Japan
Hakata station
Hakata station
Hakata station (Japan)
Hakata Station Winter Illumination 2018.
Christmas and Winter illumination decorations in 2018

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.