Chiba Station

Coordinates: 35°36′47″N 140°06′47″E / 35.613122°N 140.113192°E

Chiba Station 千葉駅
Station exterior, August 2009
Location	1 Shin-Chiba, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba （千葉県千葉市中央区新千葉１丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East Chiba Urban Monorail
Line(s)	Sōbu Main Line Narita Line Sotobō Line Uchibō Line Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1 Chiba Urban Monorail Line 2
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	20 July 1894
Location
Chiba Station Location within Japan

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

• Sobu Main Line
  • Chūō-Sōbu Line
  • Sobu Line (Rapid)
• Narita Line
• Sotobo Line
• Uchibo Line

Chiba Urban Monorail

• Line 1
• Line 2

Station layout

Chiba Station Interior

JR East

1, 2	■ Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Nishi-Funabashi, Kinshichō, Akihabara, and Shinjuku
3, 4	■ Uchibo Line	for Soga, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, and Tateyama
5, 6	■ Sotobo Line	for Soga, Ōami, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Tōgane
7, 8	■ Sobu Main Line	for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Yachimata, Narutō, Yōkaichiba, and Chōshi
9, 10	■ Narita Line	for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Narita, Narita Airport, Sawara, and Kashima-Jingū
3 - 10	■ Sobu Line (Rapid)	for Funabashi, Kinshichō, Tokyo, and Yokohama

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Chuō-Sōbu Line (JB39)
Nishi-Chiba (JB38)		Local		Terminus
Sobu Line (Rapid) (JO28)
Tsudanuma (JO26)		Special Rapid		Soga (Uchibo Line)
Funabashi (JO25)		Commuter Rapid		Tsuga (Narita Line)
Inage (JO27)		Rapid		Tsuga (Narita Line) Hon-Chiba (Sotobo Line)
Sobu Main Line
Narita line
Tokyo (JO19, TYO)		Narita Express[Note 1]	Yotsukaidō
Funabashi (JO25) (Sobu Line (Rapid))		Commuter Rapid		Tsuga
Inage (JO27) (Sobu Line (Rapid))		Rapid Airport Narita		Tsuga
Terminus		Local	Higashi-Chiba
Sotobo Line
Uchibo Line
Tsudanuma (JO26) (Sobu Line (Rapid))		Special Rapid		Soga
Inage (JO27) (Sobu Line (Rapid))		Rapid		Hon-Chiba
Terminus		Local	Hon-Chiba
Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1
Shiyakushomae		Local	Sakaechō
Chiba Urban Monorail Line 2
Shiyakushomae		Local	Chiba-kōen

1. Few trains actually stop at this station.

History

Chiba Station circa 1900

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
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

1. JR East: Chiba Station information Retrieved 11 December 2009. (Japanese)
2. 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. (Japanese)
3. 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 1970-01-01. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "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.
11. "成田空港交通 / 仙台線". www.nariku.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
12. "千葉中央バス／高速バス". www.chibachuobus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
13. KCC. "ちばシティバス　館山線". www.citybus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
14. "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. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
15. "千葉中央バス／高速バス／京都線". www.chibachuobus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)
• Chiba Monorail station information (Japanese)