Minami-Fukuoka Station

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Minami-Fukuoka Station
南福岡駅
Location
Prefecture Fukuoka
(See other stations in Fukuoka)
City Fukuoka
Ward Hakata
History
Year opened 1890
Former name Zasshonokuma Station
Present name since 1966
Rail services
Operator(s) Kyushu Railway Company
Line(s) Kagoshima Main Line
Statistics 8,198[citation needed] passengers/day 2007

Minami-Fukuoka Station (南福岡駅) is a train station operated by Kyushu Railway Company on the Kagoshima Main Line in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan.

Platforms

1 Kagoshima Main Line for Futsukaichi, Kurume and Ōmuta
2 Kagoshima Main Line for Futsukaichi, Kurume and Ōmuta
3 Kagoshima Main Line for Hakata, Akama and Kokura
4 Kagoshima Main Line for Hakata, Akama and Kokura
5 Kagoshima Main Line for Hakata, Akama and Kokura

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Kagoshima Main Line
Sasabaru - Kasuga

Vicinity

History

The station was originally named Zasshonokuma Station (雑餉隈駅). However, many users complained because a nearby station on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line bore the same name.

  • January 20, 1890: Station opens as "Zasshonokuma station".
  • October 15, 1919: Double-track line between Hakata and Futsukaichi opens.
  • October 14, 1960: Minami-Fukuoka train yard opens.
  • June 1, 1961: Line is electrified between Kurume and Mojikō.
  • November 1, 1966: Station renamed Minami-Fukuoka Station.
  • April 1, 1987: Privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR). Line resumed under Kyushu Railway Company.
  • 1994: Station burned down in arson attack.
  • July 1999: Station rebuilt with automatic ticket gates.
  • 2006: Elevators added to platforms.

References

    Coordinates: 33°32′33″N 130°27′33″E / 33.5424°N 130.4593°E / 33.5424; 130.4593


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