The lines are operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau. Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines.
All stations are equipped with automatic platform gates. All lines are automatically operated by ATO system, although drivers are used as a precaution. The lines introduced Hayakaken, a smart card system from March 2009.[1] This superseded the prepaid magnetic card systems.
Hakata and Nakasu-Kawabata stations are counted twice (as Kūkō-Nanakuma and Kūkō-Hakozaki interchanges, respectively). The total number of individual stations is therefore 36.
Visitors traveling to Fukuoka by Shinkansen (bullet train) disembark at JR Hakata Station. They can then transfer to the Fukuoka City Subway system by changing to Hakata Subway station, located under JR Hakata station.[2]Fukuoka Airport is also linked to the Fukuoka City Subway with the Kūkō Line, making it the only subway line that directly links to an airport [Toei Asakusa Line also serves Narita and Haneda, but are not the stations of the line itself, rather the suburban lines through service]. Downtown Fukuoka City can be reached in about 10 minutes by subway, making Fukuoka Airport one of the most accessible major-city airports in the world.
Station logos
Fukuoka City Subway employs unique logos (symbol mark and symbol color) for each station, much like Mexico City Metro. For example, Fukuokakūkō Station (Airport), has a logo symbolizing an airplane.[3] The symbol marks of Kūkō and Hakozaki Line stations were designed by Template:Ill,[4] with those of Nanakuma Line stations being designed by his son Masayuki Nisijima, building on his father’s posthumous works.
Ticket prices for the subway lines are determined by the distance traveled (¥200-340). Tickets for the subway can be purchased at all subway station ticket machines.
Special tickets
Magnetic cards
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Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
¥640
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Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
¥720
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Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
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