Hakata Station

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00   00  K11 N18 Hakata Station 博多駅
The JR Hakata City building
General information
Location	1-1 Hakata Station Central Street, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu JR West Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen      Kagoshima Main Line      Fukuhoku Yutaka Line San'yō Shinkansen      Hakata-Minami Line Kūkō Line Nanakuma Line
Other information
Station code	JA00 JK00 K11 N18
History
Opened	11 December 1889; 134 years ago (1889-12-11)
Passengers
FY 2016	121,370 daily
Rank	1st (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services Preceding station JR West Following station Terminus San'yō Shinkansen Nozomi Kokura towards Shin-Ōsaka San'yō Shinkansen Hikari (limited) through to Kyushu Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen Mizuho San'yō Shinkansen Sakura through to Hakata-Minami Line San'yō Shinkansen Kodama Hakata-Minami Terminus Hakata-Minami Line Kodama Terminus Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Kumamoto towards Kagoshima-Chūō Kyūshū Shinkansen Mizuho through to San'yō Shinkansen Shin-Tosu towards Kagoshima-Chūō 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 Fukuoka City Subway Following station Gion K10 towards Meinohama Kūkō Line Higashi-Hie K12 towards Fukuokakūkō Kushida Shrine N17 towards Hashimoto Nanakuma Line Terminus
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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.