Hakata Station located in Hakata-ku

Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is best known as the location of Fukuoka's main train station, Hakata Station.-Geography:...

, is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is the largest and busiest station on Kyūshū

Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyūshū for travellers from Honshū

Honshu

is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

. The Sanyō Shinkansen

Sanyō Shinkansen

The is a line of the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail network, connecting Shin-Ōsaka in Osaka with Hakata Station in Fukuoka, the two largest cities in western Japan...

 from Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 ends at this station. The station is currently being rebuilt, with the main building having been torn down and a new, larger station building—as well as office buildings and new platforms—under construction.

The Hakata station reconstruction project is scheduled to be completed by 2011, specifically for the opening of the Kyūshū Shinkansen

Kyushu Shinkansen

The ' is a Japanese high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima in Kyushu, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and operated by the Kyushu Railway Company . The southern 127 km opened on 13 March 2004...

 extension from Hakata to Shin-Yatsushiro Station

Shin-Yatsushiro Station

is a JR Kyushu railway station located in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.The station opened on March 13, 2004, to coincide with the opening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen high speed railway line...

 and continuing southward through its existing route to Kagoshima-Chūō Station

Kagoshima-Chuo Station

is the main railway station in Kagoshima, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the Kyūshū Shinkansen and is located on the Kagoshima Main Line, and Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line...

. The new eastern wing of the station is already open.

Lines

• Fukuoka City Subway
  Fukuoka City Subway
  The serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line).The lines are operated by the . Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines....
  
  
  • Kūkō Line
• Kyushu Railway Company
  Kyushu Railway Company
  The , also referred to as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait between Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea.When Japan Railways was divided in...
  
  
  • Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line
  • Kagoshima Main Line
    Kagoshima Main Line
    The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company between Mojikō in Kitakyūshū, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu...
    
    
  • Kyūshū Shinkansen
    Kyushu Shinkansen
    The ' is a Japanese high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima in Kyushu, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and operated by the Kyushu Railway Company . The southern 127 km opened on 13 March 2004...
    
    
• West Japan Railway Company
  West Japan Railway Company
  , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
  
  
  • Sanyō Shinkansen
    Sanyō Shinkansen
    The is a line of the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail network, connecting Shin-Ōsaka in Osaka with Hakata Station in Fukuoka, the two largest cities in western Japan...
    
    
  • Hakata-Minami Line

JR platforms

Subway Station

Adjacent stations

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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: Sanyō Shinkansen services begun.
• March 22, 1983: Temporary Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
• March 3, 1985: Current Fukuoka City Subway station opened.
• March 3, 2011: JR Hakata City opened.
• March 12, 2011: Kyūshū Shinkansen services begun.

External links

• Fukuoka subway at urbanrail.net
• Hataka Station (JR Kyushu)
• Hataka Station (JR West)
• Hakata Station (Fukuoka Subway)