Meinohama Station

Meinohama Station 姪浜駅
South Exit
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	K01
History
Opened	1925
Traffic

Passengers (FY2005)	18,455 daily

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.

Lines

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

Ticket gates and departure board

Station sign

1	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō (Airport) (through from Chikuhi Line)
2	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
2	■ Hakozaki Line	for Kaizuka
3	■ Kūkō Line	for Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
3	■ 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.

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.

Stations of the Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line

(Chikuhi Line<<) Meinohama Muromi Fujisaki Nishijin Tōjinmachi Ōhorikōen Akasaka Tenjin Nakasu-Kawabata(>>Hakozaki Line) Gion Hakata Higashi-Hie Fukuokakūkō

Stations of the JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line

(Kūkō Line<<) Meinohama Shimoyamato Imajuku Kyūdai-Gakkentoshi Susenji Hatae Chikuzen-Maebaru Misakigaoka Kafuri Ikisan Chikuzen-Fukae Dainyū Fukuyoshi Shikaka Hamasaki Nijinomatsubara Higashi-Karatsu Watada Karatsu (>>Nishi-Karatsu) ( - Onizuka - ) Yamamoto Hizen-Kubo Nishi-Ōchi Sari Komanaki Ōkawano Hizen-Nagano Momonokawa Kanaishihara Kami-Imari Imari

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