Funabashi Station
船橋駅 |
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The JR East station north entrance in 2007
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Funabashi, Chiba Japan |
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Opened | 1894 |
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JR East station | |
The JR East station north entrance in 2007
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Location | 7 Honcho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
Operated by | JR East |
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Platforms | 2 island platforms |
Tracks | 4 |
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Website | www |
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Opened | 20 July 1894 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2014) | 135,322 |
Tobu station | |
Tobu Funabashi station entrance in December 2007
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Location | 7-1-1 Honcho Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
Operated by | Tobu Railway |
Line(s) | TD Tobu Urban Park Line |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
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Station code | TD-35 |
Website | railway |
History | |
Opened | 27 December 1923 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2014) | 112,009 |
Funabashi Station (船橋駅 Funabashi-eki?) is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Funabashi Station is served by the JR East Sobu Main Line and 23.2 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station. It also forms the eastern terminus of the 62.7 km Tobu Urban Park Line (Tobu Noda Line). Passengers can also transfer to nearby Keisei Funabashi Station on the Keisei Main Line.
The JR East station has two elevated island platforms, with the station building located underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agency.
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.
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) 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 doors were installed on the Tobu Urban Park Line platforms in early February 2014.