Tenjin Station

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Tenjin Station
天神駅
Tenjin station.jpg
Location
Prefecture Fukuoka
(See other stations in Fukuoka)
City Fukuoka
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. 1-chōme Tenjin
(in Japanese) 福岡市中央区天神1丁目
History
Opened 1981/7/26
Rail services
Operator(s) Fukuoka City Subway
Line(s) Kūkō Line

Tenjin Station (天神駅 Tenjin-eki?) is a subway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Its station symbol are 5 green dots arranged in a circle, representing a plum blossom. The station is located directly under Meiji-Street (明治通り Meiji-tōri?) in Tenjin, Fukuoka. A large underground shopping mall reaches from Tenjin Station on the Kūkō Line to the Tenjin-Minami Station on the Nanakuma Line.
YUI played street lives there in her beginnings, and even after she debuted.

Terrible Event!

The entry was remodeled on 2010 by a department store. ;(


Lines

  • Fukuoka City Subway
    • Kūkō Line

Platforms

1 Kūkō Line for Hakata, Fukuokakūkō and Kaizuka
2 Kūkō Line for Nishijin, Meinohama, Chikuzen-Maebaru and Karatsu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kūkō Line
Akasaka - Nakasu-Kawabata

Usage

In 2006 the daily average number of passengers was 63,166. It is the largest Subway Station on the Kūkō Line.

Transfer

The underground shopping mall can be used for transfer between the Kūkō Line and the Nanakuma Line. To use the same ticket for both lines you have to exit through a special gate and enter the gate of the second line within 120 minutes. Therefore it is no problem, to use the transfer-time for shopping. If the regular gate is used, a new ticket have to be purchased. Special Tickets can be used for the transfer.

Coordinates: 33°35′29″N 130°23′57″E / 33.5913747°N 130.3992458°E / 33.5913747; 130.3992458