# Hakata Station

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.

## Lines

* JR Kyushu
** Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line
** Kagoshima Main Line
** Kyushu Shinkansen
* JR West
** San'yō Shinkansen
** Hakataminami Line
* Fukuoka City Subway
** Kūkō Line
** Nanakuma Line

## Platforms
### JR

| 1 | ■ Limited Express Kirameki | for Kokura and Mojikō |
| 1 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Yoshizuka |
| 1 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 2 | ■ Limited Express Sonic, Nichirin | for Kokura, Yanagigaura, Ōita, Saiki, and Miyazaki |
| 2 | ■ Limited Express Kirameki | for Kokura and Mojikō |
| 2 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 3 | ■ Limited Express Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch | for Saga, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Huis Ten Bosch |
| 3 | ■ Limited Express Kirameki | for Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 3 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 4 | ■ Limited Express Kamome, Midori | for Saga, Nagasaki, and Sasebo |
| 4 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 5 | ■ Limited Express Ariake | for Nagasu, and Kumamoto |
| 5 | ■ Limited Express Yufuin-no-mori | for Hita, Yufuin, and Ōita |
| 5 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta |
| 5 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Kashii, Orio, Kokura, and Mojikō |
| 6 | for Nagasu, and Kumamoto |
| 6 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta |
| 7 | Kagoshima Main Line | for Futsukaichi, Tosu, Kurume, and Ōmuta |
| 7 | Fukuhoku-yutaka Line | for Shin-Iizuka, Nōgata, and Orio |
| 7 | ■ Limited Express Kaiō | for Shin-Iizuka and Nōgata |
| 8 | Fukuhoku-yutaka Line | for Shin-Iizuka, Nōgata, and Orio |
| 11 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō (Used for first departures) |
| 12-14 | San'yō Shinkansen | for Hiroshima, Okayama, Shin-Ōsaka, and Tokyo |
| 15-16 | Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 15-16 | Hakataminami Line | for Hakataminami |

### Fukuoka City Subway

The subway station's symbol mark is a bolt of cloth with the traditional hakata-ori pattern "Kenjō Hakata"(献上博多). Hakata-ori is a traditional woven silk textile of Hakata.
| 1 | Kūkō Line | for Fukuokakūkō |
| 2 | Kūkō Line | for Tenjin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu |
| 3 | Nanakuma Line | for Hashimoto |
| 4 | Nanakuma Line | for Hashimoto |
* Entrance No.13
* Concourse
* Station sign of the Hakata subway station for Gion bound trains
* Platform

## 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.