Chiba Station
35°36′47″N 140°06′47″E / 35.613122°N 140.113192°E
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| Location | 1 Shin-Chiba, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba （千葉県千葉市中央区新千葉１丁目） Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 July 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chiba Station (千葉駅, Chiba-eki) is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.
Lines
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
JR East
Chiba Urban Monorail
Station layout
JR East
| 1-2 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | for Nishi-Funabashi, Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka |
| 3-4 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Soga, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 5-6 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Soga, Ōami, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Tōgane, and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 7-8 | ■ Sōbu Main Line | for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Yachimata, Narutō, Yōkaichiba, and Chōshi |
| 9-10 | ■ Narita Line | for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Narita, Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1), Sawara, and Kashima-Jingū |
| 3 - 10 | JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) | for Funabashi, Kinshichō, Tokyo JO Yokosuka Line for Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Kurihama |
Chiba Urban Monorail
| 1 | ■ Line 1 | for Yoshikawa-kōen and Kenchō-mae |
| 2 | ■ Line 2 | for Sports Center, Dōbutsukōen, and Chishirodai |
| 3 | ■ Line 2 | for Shiyakusho-mae and Chiba-Minato |
| 4 | ■ Line 1 | for Shiyakusho-mae and Chiba-Minato |
History
The station opened on 20 July 1894.[1] The present station building was built in 1963. Rebuilding work is scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 105,812 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 33rd-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2011, the Chiba Urban Monorail station was used by an average of 10,639 passengers per day (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by Chiba Urban Monorail.[4] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 103,723[5] |
| 2005 | 103,401[6] |
| 2010 | 105,777[7] |
| 2011 | 104,788[8] |
| 2012 | 104,646[9] |
| 2013 | 105,812[3] |
Bus terminal
Highway buses
- Flower Liner; For Tōgane Station, Gumyō Station, and Narutō Station[10]
- Polar Star; For Sendai Station[11]
- Kapina; For Makuta Station, Obitsu Station, Kururi Station, Kururi Castle, Awa-Kamogawa Station[12]
- Nanso Satomi; For Tateyama Station, Kokonoe Station, Chikura Station[13]
- For Tokyo Skytree, Shinjuku Station[14]
- For Ōtsu Station, Yamashina Station, Sanjō Station, and Kyōto Station[15]
References
- ^ JR East: Chiba Station information Retrieved 11 December 2009. (in Japanese)
- ^ 千葉駅 駅舎・駅ビルが生まれ変わります！ (8 December 2009). Retrieved on 11 December 2009. (in Japanese)
- ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2001-05-06. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 千葉県統計年鑑(平成24年) [11.運輸・通信] [Chiba Prefecture Annual Statistics (2012) [11.Transportation and Communication]] (in Japanese). Chiba Prefecture. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "ちばフラワーバス フラワーライナー". www.flower-bus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "成田空港交通 / 仙台線". www.nariku.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "千葉中央バス／高速バス". www.chibachuobus.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ KCC. "ちばシティバス 館山線". www.citybus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "東京スカイツリータウン前経由新宿～土気（とけ）線｜京王バス". www.keio-bus.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "千葉中央バス／高速バス／京都線". www.chibachuobus.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
External links
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
- Chiba Monorail station information (in Japanese)
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