Yakuin Station

Location
	Yakuin Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Yakuin Station Yakuin Station (Japan)

T 02 N14
Yakuin Station

薬院駅
T 02 N14; Yakuin Station; 薬院駅
	Yakuin Station
General information
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
Operated by	Fukuoka City Subway; Nishi-Nippon Railroad;
Line(s)	Nanakuma Line; ■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line;
Platforms	2 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	T02, N14
History
Opened	1 June 1927
Passengers
FY2022	35,012 (NNR); 9,528 (Fukuoka Subway)
Services
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Location
Location
	Yakuin Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Yakuin Station Yakuin Station (Japan)

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.

Lines

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

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

1	■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line	for Futsukaichi, Kurume, Yanagawa and Ōmuta
2	■ Tenjin Ōmuta Line	for Fukuoka

Fukuoka City Subway

1	■ Nanakuma Line	for Hakata
2	■ Nanakuma Line	for Hashimoto

Yakuin Station in Fukuoka City Subway
Subway's Running in board

History

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

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]

References

^ ^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.