Hakata Station
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The JR Hakata City building | |||||
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| Location | 1-1 Hakata Station Central Street Hakata, Fukuoka Japan | ||||
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| History | |||||
| Opened | 11 December 1889 | ||||
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| FY 2016 | 121,370 daily | ||||
| Rank | 1st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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Hakata Station (Japanese: 博多駅, Hepburn: Hakata-eki) is a major railway station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Kyushu, and is a gateway to other cities in Kyushu for travelers coming from Honshu by rail travel. The San'yō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station.
The station was rebuilt in 2011. The main building was demolished and a new, larger station building, as well as office buildings and new platforms, was constructed. The station reconstruction project was initiated specifically for the Kyushu Shinkansen extension from Hakata to Shin-Yatsushiro Station which continues southward through its existing route to Kagoshima-Chūō Station. The new station building has a Hankyu Department Store, its first branch store in Kyushu, as a tenant, as well as other first-in-Kyushu branch retailers including Tokyu Hands.