Funabashi Station

Coordinates : 35°42′06″N 139°59′07″E  /  35.701743°N 139.985229°E  / 35.701743; 139.985229
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Funabashi Station

船橋?
The JR East station north entrance in 2007
General information
Location Funabashi, Chiba
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections KS 22 Keisei Funabashi
Location
Funabashi Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Funabashi Station
Funabashi Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Funabashi Station is located in Kanto Area
Funabashi Station
Funabashi Station
Funabashi Station (Kanto Area)
Funabashi Station is located in Japan
Funabashi Station
Funabashi Station
Funabashi Station (Japan)

Funabashi Station ( 船橋? , 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 .

Lines [ edit ]

The north side of the station and Tobu Department Store building, December 2009
The south side of the station and Seibu Department Store building, January 2015

Funabashi Station is served by the JR East S?bu Main Line and 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi) from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station . It also forms the eastern terminus of the 62.7-kilometre (39.0 mi) T?bu Urban Park Line (T?bu Noda Line). Passengers can also transfer to nearby Keisei Funabashi Station on the Keisei Main Line .

JR East [ edit ]

JO 25 JB 31
Funabashi Station

船橋?
The JR East station south entrance in 2017
General information
Location 7 Honcho, Funabashi City , Chiba Prefecture
Japan
Operated by Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Station code
  • JB31 (Ch??-S?bu Line)
  • JO25 (S?bu Line (Rapid))
Website www .jreast .co .jp /estation /station /info .aspx?StationCd=1382
History
Opened 20 July 1894 ; 129 years ago  ( 1894-07-20 )
Passengers
FY2014 135,322
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kinshich?
JO 22
towards Minami-Otari
Azusa Chiba
JO 28
Terminus
Kinshich?
JO 22
towards ?tsuki
Fuji Excursion Chiba
One-way operation
Kinshich?
JO 22
towards Tokyo
Shiosai
(limited service)
Chiba
JO 28
towards Ch?shi
Ichikawa
JO 24
towards Tokyo
S?bu Line
Rapid
Tsudanuma
JO 26
towards Chiba
Nishi-Funabashi
JB 30
towards Mitaka
Ch???S?bu Line Higashi-Funabashi
JB 32
towards Chiba
Ch???S?bu Line
via T Tozai Line
Higashi-Funabashi
JB 32
towards Tsudanuma

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.

Platforms [ edit ]

1 JB   Ch??-S?bu Line for Nishi-Funabashi , Kinshich? , Akihabara , Shinjuku , Nakano , and Mitaka
T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Nihombashi , Otemachi , and Nakano
2 JB  Ch??-S?bu Line for Tsudanuma , Inage , and Chiba
3 JO   S?bu Line (Rapid) for Kinshich? and Tokyo
4 JO  S?bu Line (Rapid) for Tsudanuma, Chiba, Narita Airport ( Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1 ), Kimitsu , and Kazusa-Ichinomiya

Tobu [ edit ]

TD 35
Funabashi Station

船橋?
Tobu station
Tobu Funabashi station entrance in December 2007
General information
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
Other information
Station code TD-35
Website railway .tobu .co .jp /guide /station /info /6412 .html
History
Opened 27 December 1923 ; 100 years ago  ( 1923-12-27 )
Passengers
FY2014 112,009
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Shin-Kamagaya
TD 30
towards ?miya
Urban Park Line
Express
Terminus
Shin-Funabashi
TD 34
towards ?miya
Urban Park Line
Local

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 [ edit ]

1, 2 TD   Tobu Urban Park Line for Kashiwa , Nodashi , Kasukabe , and ?miya

History [ edit ]

What is now the JR East Funabashi Station opened on 20 July 1894. The Tobu station opened on 27 December 1923. [1] The JR East (formerly JNR ) station opened on 20 July 1952. [2] It became an elevated structure from 26 October 1983. [1] From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Noda Line, with Funabashi Station becoming "TD-35". [3]

Platform edge doors were installed on the Tobu Urban Park Line platforms in early February 2014. [4]

Passenger statistics [ edit ]

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. [5] The passenger figures for the JR East station for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 131,611 [6]
2005 131,579 [7]
2010 134,705 [8]
2014 135,322 [5]

In fiscal 2012, the Tobu station was used by an average of 112,000 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers). [9]

Surrounding area [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). デ?タブック日本の私? [ Databook: Japan's Private Railways ]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN   978-4-7770-1336-4 .
  2. ^ 日本?有?道停車場一? [ JNR Station Directory ]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 144. ISBN   4-533-00503-9 .
  3. ^ 「東武スカイツリ?ライン」誕生！ あわせて?ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案?します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF) . Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2013 .
  4. ^ 東武野田線船橋?に可動式ホ?ム柵設置 [Platform doors installed at Funabashi Station on the Tobu Noda Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 3 February 2014 . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
  5. ^ a b 各?の?車人員 （2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2001-05-06 . Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
  6. ^ 各?の?車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09 . Retrieved 3 September 2014 .
  7. ^ 各?の?車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09 . Retrieved 3 September 2014 .
  8. ^ 各?の?車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06 . Retrieved 3 September 2014 .
  9. ^ ?情報（?降人） [Information of Stations (Passenger Statistics)] (in Japanese). Tobu Railwaylocation= Japan. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06 . Retrieved 16 February 2016 .

External links [ edit ]

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