Chiba Station
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Station exterior, August 2009
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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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Connections | Bus terminal |
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Opened | 20 July 1894 |
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Coordinates: 35°36′47″N 140°06′47″E / 35.613122°N 140.113192°E
Chiba Station (千葉駅 Chiba-eki?) is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
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.
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.