Fukuoka City Subway

Fukuoka City Subway
2000 series train
Info
Owner	Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
Locale	Fukuoka, Japan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	35
Operation
Began operation	1981
Technical
System length	29.8
Track gauge	1,067 mm / 1,435 mm
Route diagram red:Kūkō Line blue:Hakozaki Line green:Nanakuma Line

The Fukuoka City Subway (福岡市地下鉄, Fukuoka-shi Chikatetsu^?) serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line).

The lines are operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau (福岡市交通局, Fukuoka-shi Kōtsūkyoku^?). 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. The prepaid magnetic card systems will eventually be superseded.

Lines

Airport rail link

Visitors travelling 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.^[1] Fukuoka Airport is also linked to the Fukuoka City Subway. 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 for each station, much like Mexico City Metro. Fukuokakūkō Station (Airport), for instance, has a logo symbolizing an airplane.^[2]

Rolling stock

Nanakuma Line 3000 series trainset

• 1000 series: Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line
• 2000 series: Kūkō Line, Hakozaki Line
• 3000 series: Nanakuma Line

Fares

Ticket prices for the subway lines are determined by the distance travelled (¥100-340). The fare for travelling only one station is ¥100, called Otonari Ticket (おとなりきっぷ, Otonari-kippu^?). Tickets for the subway can be purchased at all subway station ticket machines.

F-Card, front

F-Card, back

Special tickets

Magnetic cards

• f-card (えふカード, efu-kādo^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
    • ¥10,000 (Value: ¥11,800)
    • ¥5,000 (Value: ¥5,900)
    • ¥3,000 (Value: ¥3,400)
    • ¥1,000 (Value: ¥1,100)

• Yoka-Net Card (よかネットカード, yoka-netto-kādo^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
  • Nishitetsu Tenjin-Ōmuta Line
  • Nishitetsu Buses
    • ¥5,000 (Value: ¥5,500)
    • ¥3,000 (Value: ¥3,200)

• Wai Wai Card (ワイワイカード, waiwai-kādo^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
  • JR Chikuhi Line
    • ¥10,000
    • ¥5,000
    • ¥3,000

• One Day Pass (一日乗車券, ichinichi jōsha-ken^?) (unlimited travel for one day)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line
    • ¥600
    • ¥500 (Only on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday)
    • Chikamaru Ticket (ちかまるきっぷ, Chikamaru-kippu^?), whose price is ¥100, is available only for children during school vacation seasons. A coupon is attached with the ticket to exchange to McDonald's hamburger.

• Commuter Pass (定期券, teiki-ken^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line

• Chika Pass (ちかパス, chika-pasu^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line (unlimited travel)
    • 1 Month: ¥12,000
    • 3 Months: ¥34,200
    • 6 Months: ¥64,800

Contactless smart card

• Hayakaken (はやかけん, hayaka-ken^?)
  • Kūkō Line, Nanakuma Line, Hakozaki Line

Hayakaken is a rechargeable contactless smart card for Fukuoka City Subway.Also it can be used as a Commuter Pass (Chika Pass is included) except transferable pass for other company's lines. It will be compatible with Nishi-Nippon Railroad's nimoca, JR Kyushu's SUGOCA and JR East's Suica in 2010.

To see the detail, please check Hayakaken.

See also

• List of rapid transit systems

References

External links

• Fukuoka City Subway official website (English)