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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).

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

Lines

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

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
	■ 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

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  Ticket gates
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  Platforms 1 and 2
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  Platforms 3 and 4
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  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.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kūkō Line
Chikuhi Line
Shimoyamato		Local	Muromi
Shimoyamato		Express	Muromi

History

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• 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

External links

• Fukuoka City Subway Meinohama Station (in Japanese)

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