Nakasu-Kawabata Station

Nakasu-Kawabata Station (中洲川端駅, Nakasu-Kawabata-eki) is a subway station on the Hakozaki Line and Kūkō Line located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. The station's symbole mark is Chinese characters "中" and "川" look like Happi's motif.

K09 H01 Nakasu-Kawabata Station 中洲川端駅
Fukuoka City Subway station
Entrance No.1
General information
Location	Kami-Kawabatachō, Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka （福岡市博多区上川端町） Japan
Operated by	Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s)	Kūkō Line Hakozaki Line
Other information
Station code	K09 H01
History
Opened	20 April 1982; 41 years ago (1982-04-20)
Passengers
2006^[1]	10,837 daily
Services
Preceding station Fukuoka City Subway Following station Tenjin K08 towards Meinohama Kūkō Line Gion K10 towards Fukuokakūkō Terminus Hakozaki Line Gofukumachi H02 towards Kaizuka
Location
K09 H01 Nakasu-Kawabata Station Location within Fukuoka city

Station sign (Kūkō Line)

Station sign (Hakozaki Line)

Lines

•   Fukuoka City Subway
  •   Kūkō Line
  •   Hakozaki Line

Platforms

1	■ Hakozaki Line	for Kaizuka
2	■ Hakozaki Line	for Tenjin, Nishijin and Meinohama
3	■ Kūkō Line	for Hakata and Fukuokakūkō
4	■ Kūkō Line	for Tenjin, Nishijin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu

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  Concourse

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  Platforms 1 & 2

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  Platforms 3 & 4

• Some trains on the Hakozaki Line coming from Kaizuka stop at this station and continue on the Kūkō Line to Nishijin or Meinohama.
• Some trains on the Kūkō Line coming from Meinohama stop at this station and continue on the Hakozaki Line to Kaizuka.

Vicinity

• Red light district
• Nakasu Area
• Canal City Hakata
• Hakata Riverain
  • Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
• Hakata-za Theater
• Naka and Hakata River
• Reisen Park
• Don Quijote (store)

History

• April 20, 1982: Subway line extended from Tenjin Station.
• March 22, 1983: Line 1 (now Kūkō Line) to Hakata Station opened.

References

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33°35′41″N 130°24′23″E / 33.59472°N 130.40639°E / 33.59472; 130.40639