is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of

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 Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...

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, operated by the private railway operator

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects; the combination uses diffe ...

Lines

Takifudō Station is served by the

Keisei Matsudo Line The is a railway line in Japan owned by Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Chiba. The line, known as the Shin-Keisei Line from December 1947 until its m ...

, and is located 18.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsudo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s, with an elevated station building.

Platforms

History

Takifudō Station was opened on 26 August 1948 on the

Shin-Keisei Electric Railway The was a private railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It connects Narashino and Matsudo. It was a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. It also operated the following bus company subsidiaries. * Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus * Matsudo Shin-Kei ...

. Effective April 2025, the station came under the aegis of

as the result of the buyout of the Shin-Keisei Railway. The move was completed on 1 April 2025.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 7,593 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Funabashi Municipal Otaki Junior High School * Funabashi Municipal Futawa Elementary School * Funabashi City Kanasugidai Elementary School

References

External links

*
Keisei Railway Station information
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