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2 unusual facts about Fukuoka City Subway


Meinohama Station

The Fukuoka City Subway Number 1 Line (now the Kūkō Line) opens accompanied by a mutual operating agreement between it and the Chikuhi Line.

It is jointly operated by JR Kyushu and the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau.


Nishi-ku, Fukuoka

It has recently gained additional infrastructure in the form of the Nanakuma Line, in addition to the Fukuoka City Subway and the Chikuhi Line.

Seinan Gakuin University

Seinan Gakuin University is located in Sawara Ward of Fukuoka and is between the Nishijin and Fujisaki subway stations.

Senseki Line

At Sendai Station, the line crosses under the Tōhoku Main Line and its platforms, similar to the situation with the Keiyō Line in Tokyo and the Chikuhi Line in Hakata (which connects via the Fukuoka Airport Subway Line).


see also

Bairin Station

Umebayashi Station, a station on the Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line in Jōnan-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (the name of the station is written with the same kanji, but pronounced differently)