Meinohama Station

JK 01 K01 Meinohama Station

姪浜駅
JK 01 K01 Meinohama Station; 姪浜駅
	South Exit in December 2021
General information
Location	Nishi, Fukuoka, Fukuoka; Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu; Fukuoka City Subway;
Line(s)	Chikuhi Line; Kūkō Line;
Connections	Bus terminal;
Other information
Station code	JK01 ; K01
History
Opened	15 April 1925
Passengers
FY2016	5,547 daily
Rank	33rd (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Location
	Meinohama Location within Fukuoka city

Meinohama Station (姪浜駅, Meinohama-eki) is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by JR Kyushu and the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau. The station symbol of the subway station is a yacht in yellow, symbolising nearby Odo yacht harbour(ja).

Lines

Station layout

This is an elevated station with two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport) (through from Chikuhi Line)
2	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
2	■ Hakozaki Line	for Kaizuka
3	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
3	■ Hakozaki Line	for Kaizuka
4	■ Chikuhi Line	for Chikuzen-Maebaru, Chikuzen-Fukae, Karatsu and Nishi-Karatsu

Ticket gates
Platforms 1 and 2
Platforms 3 and 4
Station sign

Some trains leaving from track 2 and 3 stop at all stations to Nakasu-Kawabata and continue on Hakozaki Line.
Track 2 and 3 are connected to Fukuoka City Subway Meinohama rolling stock maintenance depot near Shimoyamato Station 33°34′54″N 130°18′35″E.

History

April 15, 1925: Station is established by Kitakyushu Railroad
October 1, 1937: The Railroad Ministry nationalizes all railroads, this station becomes a station of the Chikuhi Line
March 22, 1983: Electrification of the track between Meinohama Station and Karatsu Station is completed and the track from Meinohama Station to Hakata Station is discontinued. The Fukuoka City Subway Number 1 Line (now the Kūkō Line) opens accompanied by a mutual operating agreement between it and the Chikuhi Line.
April 1, 1987: With the privatization of JNR, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,547 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 33rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[1]

References

"駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

Fukuoka City Subway Meinohama Station (in Japanese)

33°35′01″N 130°19′30″E

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[1] "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.