Nanakuma Line

The Nanakuma Line (七隈線, Nanakuma-sen) is a subway line, part of the Fukuoka City Subway system in Fukuoka, Japan. It runs from Hashimoto Station in Nishi Ward to Tenjin-Minami Station in Chūō Ward, all within Fukuoka. The line's color on maps is green. Officially, the line is called Line 3 (Nanakuma Line) (3号線(七隈線), San-gō-sen (Nanakuma-sen)). Like other Fukuoka City Subway lines, stations are equipped with automatic platform gates, and trains are automatically operated by ATO system.

Nanakuma Line
3000 series trainsets at Hashimoto depot
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
Locale	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Termini	Hashimoto Tenjin-Minami
Stations	16
Operation
Opened	3 February 2005
Owner	Fukuoka City Subway
Depot(s)	Hashimoto
Rolling stock	3000 series
Technical
Line length	12.0 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Route diagram
0.0 Hashimoto Muromi River 1.0 Jirōmaru 1.7 Kamo 2.6 Noke 3.4 Umebayashi 4.3 Fukudaimae 4.9 Nanakuma 5.7 Kanayama 6.5 Chayama 7.5 Befu Hī River 8.3 Ropponmatsu 9.2 Sakurazaka 10.2 Yakuin-ōdōri ← Tenjin Ōmuta Line 10.8 Yakuin 11.3 Watanabe-dōri 12.0 Tenjin-Minami ↑↓ ■Kūkō Line → Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) / Tenjin

This is the fourth linear motor subway line to be built in Japan, opening on 3 February 2005. The Nanakuma Line was originally conceived in the 1960s to provide access to Nakamura Gakuen University and Fukuoka University, and in 1975 it was planned to run from Tenjin-Minami Station to Jōnan Station as a linear-motored subway, but the plan was subsequently amended for the line to end at Hashimoto Station.

The line links the Central business district and the southwestern part of the city, which did not have a railway transport. Construction on a 1.6 km (0.99 mi) extension from Tenjin-Minami to Hakata station via Canal City received its final planning permissions in 2014, and was initially expected to be completed by 2020.[1]