Station

Nishijin

西新

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Nishijin
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 485/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 398/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:36 / 24:54 (00:54 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (41)


Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 26 June 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

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, used for train inspections while the connecting tracks to the Meinohama depot were still unfinished. 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 a ceramic Sazae-san panel, made in the local Takatori ware, was installed inside the station.

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