The is a subway line, part of the Fukuoka City Subway system in

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, Japan. It connects Meinohama, Nishi Ward to Fukuokakūkō ( Fukuoka Airport), 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. Like other Fukuoka City Subway lines, stations are equipped with automatic platform gates, and trains are automatically operated by ATO 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

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trains in

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also serve airports ( Narita and Haneda), those are not the stations of the Asakusa Line itself. Rather, they are the stations of suburban lines that the Asakusa Line has

through service A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in either of th ...

s with. The Kūkō Line goes through many important areas of the city, namely Nishijin, Tenjin, Hakata, and the airport.

Station list

All stations are in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. Through services to/from the Hakozaki Line do not continue onto the Chikuhi Line (and vice versa); they terminate at Meinohama Station instead.

Rolling stock

Fukuoka City Subway

* 1000 series (since 1981) * 2000 series (since 1992) * 4000 series (since 2024) File:Fukuoka-Series1000_09.jpg, A 1000 series set in December 2021 File:Fukuoka-SeriesN2000_22.jpg, A 2000 series set in December 2021 File:Fukuoka_City_Subway_Series_4000_at_Meinohama_Station_(20241027_Opening_Day).jpg, A 4000 series set in October 2024

JR Kyushu

* 103-1500 series (since 1982) * 303 series (since 2000) * 305 series (since 2015) A fleet of six new 305 series 6-car

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...

(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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