is a railway station in

Funabashi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populat ...

, Chiba, Japan, operated by

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(JR East) and the

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operator

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longe ...

Lines

Funabashi Station is served by the JR East

Sōbu Main Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It connects Tokyo with the east coast of Chiba Prefecture, passing through the cities of Funabashi, Chiba, and Chōshi. Its name derives from the old ...

and from the starting point of that line at

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. It also forms the eastern

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of the

Tōbu Urban Park Line The , formally known as the , is a long railway line in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures operated by the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway. It connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, ...

(Tōbu Noda Line). Passengers can also transfer to nearby Keisei Funabashi Station on the

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JR East

The JR East station has two elevated

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s, with the station building located underneath. The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agency.

Platforms

Tobu

The Tobu station is elevated and consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building underneath. Access to the JR East station is by a ground-level concourse.

Platforms

History

What is now the JR East Funabashi Station opened on 20 July 1894. The Tobu station opened on 27 December 1923. The JR East (formerly

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

) station opened on 20 July 1952. It became an elevated structure from 26 October 1983. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Noda Line, with Funabashi Station becoming "TD-35".

Platform edge door Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

s were installed on the Tobu Urban Park Line platforms in early February 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 135,322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 23rd-busiest station operated by JR East. The passenger figures for the JR East station for previous years are as shown below. In fiscal 2012, the Tobu station was used by an average of 112,000 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers).

Surrounding area

* Keisei Funabashi Station (

) * Funabashi FACE

References

External links

JR East station information

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Lines

JR East

Platforms

Tobu

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

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