The is a subway line, part of the

Fukuoka City Subway The 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. Unlike most other public operators in Japa ...

system in

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, Japan. It connects Meinohama, Nishi Ward to Fukuokakūkō (

Fukuoka Airport , formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Fukuoka Airport is the principal airport on the island of Kyushu and is the fourth busiest passenger ...

), Hakata Ward, all within Fukuoka. The line's color on maps is orange. Officially, the line is called . The line has a through service with JR

Chikuhi Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, connecting Meinohama Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka (and via a subway through service, Fukuoka itself) to Karatsu Station in Karatsu, Saga, and from Yamamoto Station in Karatsu to Imari Station in Imari, ...

. Like other Fukuoka City Subway lines, stations are equipped with

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, and trains are automatically operated by

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system. However, JR train cars (from Chikuhi Line) are operated manually. This is the only subway line in Japan that directly links to an airport. Although

Toei Asakusa Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes. The Asak ...

trains in

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also serve airports ( Narita and

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), those are not the stations of the Asakusa Line itself. Rather, they are the stations of suburban lines that the Asakusa Line has through services with. The Kūkō Line goes through many important areas of the city, namely Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata, and the airport.

Station list

Through services to/from the

Hakozaki Line The is a subway line, which forms part of the Fukuoka City Subway system in the city of Fukuoka, Japan. It connects Nakasu-Kawabata in Hakata Ward with Kaizuka in Higashi Ward, all within Fukuoka. The line's color on maps is blue. Official ...

do not continue onto the

(and vice versa); they terminate at Meinohama Station instead.

Rolling stock

Fukuoka Subway

* 1000 series (since 1981) * 2000 series (since 1992) File:Fukuoka-Series1000_09.jpg, A 1000 series set in December 2021 File:Fukuoka-SeriesN2000_22.jpg, A 2000 series set in December 2021

JR Kyushu

* 103-1500 series (since 1982) * 303 series (since 2000) *

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(since 2015) A fleet of six new

6-car

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(EMU) commuter trains was introduced on through services to and from the Chikuhi Line from February 2015. File:JR-Series103-1500-E12.jpg, A 103-1500 series set in January 2019 File:Series303-Chikuhi-Line.jpg, A 303 series set in August 2017 File:JR-Series305-W5.jpg, A 305 series set in January 2019

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