Fukuoka City Subway
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The Fukuoka City Subway (福岡市地下鉄) serves Fukuoka City, Japan. It consists of three lines, the Kūkō, or Airport, Line (空港線), the Hakozaki Line (箱崎線) and the Nanakuma Line (七隈線).
Visitors travelling to Fukuoka by Shinkansen (bullet train) disembark at JR Hakata station. They can then transfer to the Fukuoka City Subway system by changing to Hakata Subway station, located under the JR Hakata station.[1] Fukuoka Airport is also linked to the Fukuoka City Subway. Downtown Fukuoka City can be reached in about 10 minutes by subway, making Fukuoka Airport one of the most accessible major-city airports in the world.
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[edit] Lines
| Color | Name | Label / letter | First section opened |
Last ex- tension |
Length km/miles |
Stations served | Journeys per annum (000's) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | Via trackage rights | JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line | - | N/A[1] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Line 1 | Kūkō Line | 1972 | 1993 | 13.1/8.1 | 13 | 108,040 | ||
| Blue | Line 1 | Kūkō Line | 1982[2] | 1983 | 8.1/5.0 | 9 | ||
| Line 2 | Hakozaki Line | 1982 | 1986 | 4.7/2.9 | 7 | |||
| Green | Line 3 | Nanakuma Line | 2005 | - | 12.0/7.5 | 16 | N/A | |
[edit] External links
Official website of Fukuoka City Subway (Mostly Japanese, but English content also available)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Between Chikuzen-Fukae Station and Meihama Station
- ^ Between Meihama Station and Nakasu-Kawabata Station
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