Yakuin Station

T 02 N14
Yakuin Station

薬院駅
Yakuin Station
General information
Location21-16 1-chōme Shirogane, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
Coordinates33°34′54.93″N 130°24′6.06″E / 33.5819250°N 130.4016833°E / 33.5819250; 130.4016833
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Logo of Line 3 (Nanakuma Line) of the Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line
  • Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Platforms2 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Station codeT02, N14
History
Opened1 June 1927 (1927-06-01)
Passengers
FY202235,012 (NNR)
9,528 (Fukuoka Subway)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Fukuoka City Subway Fukuoka City Subway Following station
Yakuin-ōdōri
towards Hashimoto
Nanakuma Line Watanabe-dōri
towards Hakata
Service
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) local Nishitetsu Hirao
Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Express Ōhashi
Location
Yakuin Station is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Yakuin Station
Yakuin Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Yakuin Station is located in Japan
Yakuin Station
Yakuin Station
Yakuin Station (Japan)
Map

Yakuin Station (薬院駅, Yakuin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (NNR), and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway[1] The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese.

  1. ^ Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.