Station

Nishijin

西新

Nishijin
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Train service

Weekday departures: 477/day · Sat & holiday departures: 396/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:36 / 24:16

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (41)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Nishijin Station opened on 26 July 1981 with the inaugural section of the Fukuoka City Subway, replacing the Nishitetsu Fukuoka Inner-city Line tram stop of the same name that had closed in 1975. A turnback siding immediately west of the platform housed a temporary inspection pit between July 1980 and March 1983, allowing the line's first three years of operation before the Meinohama depot opened. The station was outsourced to a contractor and moved from the Meinohama managed area to the Tenjin managed area on 1 April 2019. An island platform on two tracks underpins the Meiji-dōri Nishijin intersection; the station code is K04.

Notes

On 30 January 2015 the station was decorated with a ceramic Sazae-san mural made in the local Takatori-yaki ware, honouring the area's connection to the long-running family comic.

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