is a major interchange railway station in

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East) and

Chiba Urban Monorail The is a two-line suspended monorail system located in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by , a third-sector company established on March 20, 1979. Investors include the city of Chiba. The first segment (Line 2 fr ...

Lines

Chiba Station is served by the following lines.

JR East

* Sobu Main Line **

Chūō-Sōbu Line The is a railway line that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network, the line operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line ( Chūō Line (Rapid)) and ...

** Sobu Line (Rapid) *

Narita Line The Narita Line () is the name for a combination of three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The main line connects Sakura Station (Chiba), Sakura Station and Matsugishi Stati ...

* 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 was 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

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* ''Nanso Satomi''; For Tateyama Station, Kokonoe Station, Chikura Station * For

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* For Ōtsu Station, Yamashina Station, Sanjō Station, and Kyōto Station

References

External links

JR East station information

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