Minami-Fukuoka Station

Minami-Fukuoka Station 南福岡駅
Location	Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan
Operated by	Kyushu Railway Company
Line(s)	Kagoshima Main Line
History
Opened	1890
Previous names	Zasshonokuma (until 1966)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	8,198 daily

Minami-Fukuoka Station (南福岡駅) is a train station operated by Kyushu Railway Company on the Kagoshima Main Line in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan.

Platforms

1	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Futsukaichi, Kurume and Ōmuta
2	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Futsukaichi, Kurume and Ōmuta
3	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Hakata, Akama and Kokura
4	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Hakata, Akama and Kokura
5	■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Hakata, Akama and Kokura

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kagoshima Main Line
Sasabaru		-	Kasuga

Vicinity

• Lawson Convenience Store
• Motomachi Shopping Street
• JR Kyūshū train yard
• Zasshonokuma : Tenjin Ōmuta Line
• NTT Building
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Camp Fukuoka (4th Division Headquarter)
• Nakoku no okarekishi Park
• Nishitetsu Bus station

History

The station was originally named Zasshonokuma Station (雑餉隈駅). However, many users complained because a nearby station on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line bore the same name.

• January 20, 1890: Station opens as "Zasshonokuma station".
• October 15, 1919: Double-track line between Hakata and Futsukaichi opens.
• October 14, 1960: Minami-Fukuoka train yard opens.
• June 1, 1961: Line is electrified between Kurume and Mojikō.
• November 1, 1966: Station renamed Minami-Fukuoka Station.
• April 1, 1987: Privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR). Line resumed under Kyushu Railway Company.
• 1994: Station burned down in arson attack.
• July 1999: Station rebuilt with automatic ticket gates.
• 2006: Elevators added to platforms.

References

Coordinates: 33°32′33″N 130°27′33″E / 33.5424°N 130.4593°E