The Fukuoka City Subway (福岡市地下鉄, Fukuoka-shi Chikatetsu?) serves Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three subway lines, the Kūkō, or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line).
The lines are operated by the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau (福岡市交通局, Fukuoka-shi Kōtsūkyoku?). Unlike most other public operators in Japan, the company only operates subways without any bus lines.
All stations are equipped with automatic platform gates. All lines are automatically operated by ATO system, although drivers are used as a precaution. The lines introduced Hayakaken, a smart card system from March 2009. The prepaid magnetic card systems will eventually be superseded.
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