Yakuin Station

T02 N14
Yakuin Station

薬院駅
Yakuin Station
General information
Location21-16 1-chōme Shirogane, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
Coordinates33°34′54.93″N 130°24′6.06″E / 33.5819250°N 130.4016833°E / 33.5819250; 130.4016833
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Nanakuma Line
  • Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Platforms2 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Station codeT02, N14
History
Opened1 June 1927 (1927-06-01)
Passengers
FY202235,012 (NNR)
9,528 (Fukuoka Subway)
Services
Preceding station Fukuoka City Subway Following station
Yakuin-ōdōri
towards Hashimoto
Nanakuma Line Watanabe-dōri
towards Hakata
Preceding station Nishitetsu Following station
Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin)
Terminus
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Local
Nishitetsu Hirao
towards Ōmuta
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Express
Ōhashi
towards Ōmuta
Location
Yakuin Station
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Yakuin Station
Yakuin Station (Japan)

Yakuin Station (薬院駅, Yakuin-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka. The above ground portion is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (NNR), and has station number T02, and the underground portion is operated by the Fukuoka City Subway The subway station's symbol mark is a mortar and pestle, because 薬院 means medicinal plant botanical garden in Japanese.