- Kokura Station
infobox japan station
namerom= Kokura
name= 小倉
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pref= Fukuoka
city= Kitakyūshū
ward= Kokura Kita
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open= 1891
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operator=JR Kyushu ,JR West ,Kitakyushu Monorail
line=Kagoshima Main Line Nippō Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen
Kitakyushu Monorail Kokura Line
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bus=nihongo|Kokura Station|小倉駅|Kokura-eki inKokura Kita ward is the main railway station inKitakyushu ,Japan . It is part of theJR Kyushu network and theSanyo Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station inKyūshū with 120,000 users daily. Kokura station was recently expanded and remodelled.JR lines
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Kagoshima Main Line
*Sanyō Shinkansen
*Nippō Main Line
*Hitahikosan Line JR limited express trains
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Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama (Tokyo - Hakata)
* Sonic (Hakata - Ōita)
*Nichirin (Hakata - Miyazaki)
* Ariake (Kokura - Kumamoto)
* Fuji (Tokyo - Ōita)
* Hayabusa (Tokyo - Kumakoto)Monorail
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Kitakyushu Monorail History
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April 1 ,1891 : Opened by the private companyKyushu Tetsudo .
*July 1 ,1907 : Brought under state control.
*March 1 ,1958 : Reconstructed 700m eastwards of original location.
*March 10 ,1975 : Sanyo Shinkansen services commenced.
*April 1 ,1987 : Following privatisation of JNR it came under the control of JR Kyushu. TheShinkansen platforms are run by JR West.
*April 1 ,1998 : Kitakyushu Monorail line is extended to Kokura Station as part of a major reconstruction of the station building.Adjacent stations
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New Kitakyushu Airport - a direct rail link to the airport (15 km away) from Kokura station is planned
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