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
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
JR East
Chiba Urban Monorail
Station layout
JR East
| 1-2 |  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 |  Sōbu Line (Rapid) |
for Funabashi, Kinshichō, Tokyo 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 was scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2024, the JR East station was used by 104,225 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 29th-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2024, the Chiba Urban Monorail station was used by an average of 14,112 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] |
| 2020 | 81,445[10] |
| 2024 | 104,225[11] |
Bus terminal
Highway buses
- Flower Liner; For Tōgane Station, Gumyō Station, and Narutō Station[12]
- Polar Star; For Sendai Station[13]
- Kapina; For Makuta Station, Obitsu Station, Kururi Station, Kururi Castle, Awa-Kamogawa Station[14]
- Nanso Satomi; For Tateyama Station, Kokonoe Station, Chikura Station[15]
- For Ōtsu Station, Yamashina Station, Sanjō Station, and Kyōto Station[16]
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)
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "各駅の乗車人員 2020年度 ベスト100｜企業サイト：JR東日本". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-12-18. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "各駅の乗車人員 2024年度 ベスト100｜データ集｜企業サイト：JR東日本". JR東日本：東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2026-02-07. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "千葉駅 ～ 東千葉メディカルセンター・東金・成東【フラワーライナー】 - 京成電鉄バスグループ". 京成電鉄バスグループ - (in Japanese). 2026-07-15. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "成田空港交通 / 仙台線". www.nariku.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ↑ "千葉駅 ～ 東京ドイツ村・安房鴨川駅・鴨川シーワールド・亀田病院 - 京成電鉄バスグループ". 京成電鉄バスグループ - (in Japanese). 2026-07-15. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "千葉駅 ～ 木更津羽鳥野・安房白浜駅・館山駅【南総里見号】 - 京成電鉄バスグループ". 京成電鉄バスグループ - (in Japanese). 2026-07-15. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- ↑ "上野・「東京ディズニーリゾート®」 ～ 大津駅・山科駅・京都駅（夜行） - 京成電鉄バスグループ". 京成電鉄バスグループ - (in Japanese). 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
External links
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
- Chiba Monorail station information at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-25) (in Japanese)
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