Meinohama Station

Meinohama Station 姪浜駅
South Exit
Location
Prefecture	Fukuoka (See other stations in Fukuoka)
City	Fukuoka
Ward	Nishi
History
Year opened	1925
Rail services
Operator(s)	Fukuoka City Subway JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Kūkō Line Chikuhi Line
Statistics	18,455 passengers/day [1]
Medium bus terminal at this station

Meinohama Station (姪浜駅, Meinohama-eki^?) is a train 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.

Lines

• JR Kyushu
  • Chikuhi Line
• Fukuoka City Subway
  • Kūkō Line

Layout

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

Tracks

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

• 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 / 33.581528°N 130.309639°E / 33.581528; 130.309639.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kūkō Line
Terminal		-	Muromi
Chikuhi Line
Shimoyamato		Local	Muromi
Shimoyamato		Express	Muromi

Station facilities

• Familymart
• Deitos

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 - Railways privatize and JR Kyushu inherits the station

External links

• Fukuoka City Subway Meinohama Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 33°35′01″N 130°19′30″E / 33.583611°N 130.325097°E / 33.583611; 130.325097

References

1. ^ Year 2005^{[citation needed]}

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