Minami-Fukuoka Station

Minami-Fukuoka Station 南福岡駅
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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.