Minami-Fukuoka Station

Lines

Layout

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

• 11 December 1889: The station was opened as Zasshonokuma Station by the privately run Kyushu Railway during the first phase of its network construction when a track was laid between and.
• 1 July 1907: Kyushu Railways is nationalized. Japanese Government Railways took over the control of the station.
• 12 October 1909: The station became part of the Hitoyoshi Main Line.
• 21 November 1909: The station became part of the Kagoshima Main Line.
• 15 October 1919: Double-track line between and laid down.
• 14 October 1960: Minami-Fukuoka train yard opened.
• 1 June 1961: Line is electrified between and, including this station.
• 1 November 1966: Station renamed Minami-Fukuoka Station. This was due to users complaining that a nearby station on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line bore the same name.
• 1 April 1987: Privatization of Japanese National Railways, the successor to JGR Line. Control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.
• 1994: Station burned down in arson attack.
• July 1999: Station rebuilt with automatic ticket gates.
• 2006: Elevators added to platforms.

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Vicinity

• Lawson Convenience Store
• Motomachi Shopping Street
• JR Kyūshū train yard
• : Tenjin Ōmuta Line
• NTT Building
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Camp Fukuoka
• Nakoku no okarekishi Park
• Nishitetsu Bus station