is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by

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(JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.

Lines

Chiba Station is served by the following lines.

JR East

* Sobu Main Line ** Chūō-Sōbu Line **

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* Narita Line * Sotobo Line * Uchibo Line

Chiba Urban Monorail

* Line 1 * Line 2

Station layout

JR East

Chiba Urban Monorail

History

The station opened on 20 July 1894. 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.

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. 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. The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.

Bus terminal

Highway buses

* ''Flower Liner''; For Tōgane Station, Gumyō Station, and Narutō Station * ''Polar Star''; For Sendai Station * ''Kapina''; For Makuta Station, Obitsu Station, Kururi Station,

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, Awa-Kamogawa Station * ''Nanso Satomi''; For Tateyama Station,

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, Chikura Station * For

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References

External links

JR East station information

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