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Fukuoka is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. ...

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The lines are operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau. Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines. All stations are equipped with automatic platform gates. All lines are automatically operated by ATO system, although drivers are used as a precaution. The lines introduced Hayakaken, a

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system from March 2009. This superseded the prepaid magnetic card systems.

History

July 26, 1981 - Kūkō Line section: Muromi - Tenjin .8kmopened. April 20, 1982 - Kūkō Line section: Tenjin - Nakatsu-Kawabata .8 km& Hakozaki Line section: Nakatsu-Kawabata - Gofukumachi .5kmcommenced operations. March 22, 1983 - Kūkō Line section: Muromi - Meinohama .5km& Nakatsu-Kawabata - Hakata .4km, temporary stationopened. April 27, 1984 - Hakozaki Line section: Gofukumachi - Maidashi-Kyudaibyoinmae .6kmcommenced service. March 03, 1985 - Kūkō Line Hakata station now at Hakata railway station .3km January 31, 1986 - Hakozaki Line section: Maidashi-Kyudaibyoinmae - Hakozaki-Kyudaimae .6kmcommenced service. November 12, 1986 - Hakozaki Line section: Hakozaki-Kyudaimae - Kaizuka kmcommenced operations. March 03, 1993 - Kūkō Line section: Hakata - Fukuokakūkō nowiki/>Fukuoka Airport">Fukuoka_Airport.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Fukuoka Airport">nowiki/>Fukuoka Airport[3.1km] opened to public. February 03, 2005 - Nanakuma Line section: Hashimoto Station (Fukuoka), Hashimoto - Tenjin-Minami Station, Tenjin-minami [12km] opened. March 27, 2023 - Nanakuma Line section: Tenjin-minami - Hakata .6kmopened.

Lines

Fukuoka City Subway has 3 lines, Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line, and Nanakuma Line Hakata and Nakasu-Kawabata stations are counted twice (as Kūkō-Nanakuma and Kūkō-Hakozaki interchanges, respectively). The total number of individual stations is therefore 36.

Airport rail link

Visitors traveling to Fukuoka by

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(bullet train) disembark at JR

Hakata Station 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 en ...

. They can then transfer to the Fukuoka City Subway system by changing to Hakata Subway station, located under JR Hakata station. Fukuoka Airport is also linked to the Fukuoka City Subway with the Kūkō Line, making it the only subway line that directly links to an airport nowiki/> Narita and Haneda Airport">Haneda, but are not the stations of the line itself, rather the suburban lines through service">Toei Asakusa Line also serves Narita International Airport">Narita and Haneda Airport">Haneda, but are not the stations of the line itself, rather the suburban lines through service]. Downtown Fukuoka City can be reached in about 10 minutes by subway, making Fukuoka Airport one of the most accessible major-city airports in the world.

Station logos

Fukuoka City Subway employs unique logos (symbol mark and symbol color) for each station, much like

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. For example, Fukuokakūkō Station (Airport), has a logo symbolizing an airplane. The symbol marks of Kūkō and Hakozaki Line stations were designed by , with those of Nanakuma Line stations being designed by his son Masayuki Nisijima, building on his father’s posthumous works. Fujisaki FukuokaSubway StationSign

Rolling stock

* 1000 series, 2000 series, 4000 series: Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line * 3000・3000A series: Nanakuma Line

Fares

Ticket prices for the subway lines are determined by the distance traveled (¥200-340). Tickets for the subway can be purchased at all subway station ticket machines.

Special tickets

Magnetic cards

* – unlimited travel for one day **Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line ***¥640 ***, priced at ¥100, is available only to children during school vacation periods. A coupon is attached to the ticket which may be exchanged for a

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hamburger. * – unlimited travel for two days, limited to foreign tourists only **Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line ***¥720 * **Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line * – unlimited travel **Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line ***1 Month: ¥12,000 ***3 Months: ¥34,200 ***6 Months: ¥64,800

Contactless smart card

* **Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line Hayakaken is a rechargeable

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for the Fukuoka City Subway. It can also be used as a Commuter Pass (Chika Pass included) on subway lines. Starting in 2010, it became compatible with

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's Suica. As of March 2013, it also became compatible with other major IC cards as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.

Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau

is a public organization of

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ation in

. The organization operates subways. It was founded in 1973. Chuo Ward Office in Fukuoka City

Network map

References

External links

Fukuoka City Subway – official website

website

Fukuoka City Subway map
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