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 major interchange railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.
Lines
[edit]Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
JR East
[edit]Chiba Urban Monorail
[edit]Station layout
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JR East
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
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The station opened on 20 July 1894.[1] The present station building was built in 1963. Rebuilding work was scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Highway buses
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- JR East station information (in Japanese)
- Chiba Monorail station information (in Japanese)
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