Yakuin Station (薬院駅, Yakuin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (NNR), and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway[1] The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese.
T 02 N14 Yakuin Station 薬院駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 21-16 1-chōme Shirogane, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°34′54.93″N 130°24′6.06″E / 33.5819250°N 130.4016833°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side + 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | T02, N14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 June 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2022 | 35,012 (NNR) 9,528 (Fukuoka Subway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Yakuin Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture  Yakuin Station Yakuin Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines edit
The station is served by the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line and is 0.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station. It is also served by the subway Nanakuma Line and is 10.8 kilometers form the terminus of that line at Hashimoto.[1]
Station layout edit
The above ground station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath. The subway station is one-floor underground, with an island platform on the second-floor underneath.[1]
Nishitetsu edit
| 1 | ■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line | for Futsukaichi, Kurume, Yanagawa and Ōmuta |
| 2 | ■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line | for Fukuoka |
Fukuoka City Subway edit
| 1 | ■ Nanakuma Line | for Hakata |
| 2 | ■ Nanakuma Line | for Hashimoto |
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Yakuin Station in Fukuoka City Subway -
Subway's Running in board
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History edit
The station was opened on 1 June 1927 as a station on the Kyushu Railway. The subway staton opened on 3 February 2005.
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2022, the NNR station was used by 35,012 passengers daily. [2]During the same period, the Fukuoka Subway portion of the station was used by 9,528 passengers daily.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 72. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ "駅別乗降人員(2022年度1日平均、単位：人)". Nishi-Nippon Railway. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "福岡市地下鉄" (PDF). Fukuoka City. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
External links edit
Media related to Yakuin Station at Wikimedia Commons
- NNR official home page (in Japanese)
- Fukuoka City Subway Yakuin Station (in Japanese)
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