{"id":174510,"date":"2025-11-25T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174510&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:48:23","slug":"fukuoka-studies-nanakuma-line-extensions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-studies-nanakuma-line-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Studies Nanakuma Line Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City announced it is studying potential extensions of the Nanakuma Line between Hashimoto and Meinohama, and between Hakata and the Fukuoka Airport international terminal. With ridership increasing after the 2023 extension to Hakata, the city plans to expand train formations from four to six cars, requiring new rolling stock and facility upgrades at an estimated cost of \u00a525 billion. Daily ridership reached 158,000 in late September, already above annual forecasts, prompting calls for long-term congestion measures. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025112128099\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_nanakuma-subway-jan_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1013&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Studies Nanakuma Line Extensions\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1013\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_nanakuma-subway-jan_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_nanakuma-subway-jan_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_nanakuma-subway-jan_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/fnn_nanakuma-subway-jan_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City announced it is studying potential extensions of the Nanakuma Line between Hashimoto and Meinohama, and between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":160084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174510","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}