railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
Chiba city
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
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Chiba Prefecture
is a 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 Prefecture to the ...
, Japan, operated by the
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Lines
Kaihimmakuhari Station is served by the
Keiyō Line
The is a railway line connecting Tokyo and Chiba in Japan, paralleling the edge of Tokyo Bay. It is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line forms part of what JR East refers to as the around Tokyo, consisting of the Kei ...
and is the turnaround point for many local trains to and from
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
. It is also served by
Musashino Line
The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations ...
trains to and from during rush hours. It is 43.4 kilometers from the western terminus of the Keiyō Line at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is ...
.
Some
Uchibō Line
The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to Tokyo Bay, paralleling the western (i.e., inner) shore of the Bōsō Peninsula. It connects Soga Station in the city of Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in the ...
limited express
A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.
Japan
The term "limited express" is a common ...
Sotobō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, on the eastern (i.e., outer) side of the Bōsō Peninsula. It connects Chiba Station in Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in Kamo ...
limited express ''
Wakashio
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from to and on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture.
Station stops
''Wakashio'' services operate over the Keiyo Line and S ...
'' services stop at this station.JR Timetable, August 2011 issue, p.110-111 JR periodically offers additional limited express trains to Tokyo Station during major events at
Makuhari Messe
is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...
, such as the
Tokyo Motor Show
The is a biennial auto show held in October–November at the Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles. Hosted by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), it is a recognized international show by ...
and
CEATEC Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (also known as CEATEC) is an annual trade show in Japan. It is regarded as the Japanese equivalent of Consumer Electronics Show. It is Japan's largest IT and electronics exhibition and conference.
H ...
.
Station layout
Kaihimmakuhari Station consists of two elevated
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s serving four tracks. The station is staffed.
Platforms
Platforms 2 and 3 are used by stopping trains to allow non-stop trains to pass.
History
Kaihimmakuhari Station opened on 3 March 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
Station numbering
Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...
was introduced in 2016 with Kaihimmakuhari being assigned station number JE13.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 68,111 passengers daily
Surrounding area
Kaihimmakuhari Station is close to Makuhari
new town
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
which also received th Good Design Award The following can also be found close to the station.
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Makuhari Messe
is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...
convention centre
* Mitsui Outlet Park Makuhari
*
Aeon
The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeles ...
Mall Makuhari New City
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Costco
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Makuhari Warehouse
* Aeon headquarters
* NTT Makuhari Building
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Kanda University of International Studies
or KUIS is a private university located in Makuhari, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan. The university was founded in 1987 as an extension of Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages in Tokyo. KUIS is a research university specializing in learner autonomy. I ...
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Teikyo Heisei University
is a private university in Toshima, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, an ...
Makuhari Campus
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Chiba College of Health Science
was a Public junior college in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan, established in 1981. It was merged into Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
is a public university in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 200 ...
Makuhari Campus
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The Open University of Japan
is a distance learning university which has students from all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.
History
Although founded by the national government initiative with a single-issue law and heavily subsidized by the government, i ...
ZOZO Marine Stadium
(official name: ) is a stadium in Chiba City, Chiba, Japan. It opened in 1990 and holds approximately 30,000 people. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Chiba Lotte Marines. It is also used for Rugby union. The stad ...
* Wangan-Chiba IC of the
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
The (lit. East Kantō Expressway) is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview
Officially the expressway is referred to as the Higashi-Kantō Expressway Mito Route.
The expresswa ...
Narita International Airport
Narita International Airport ( ja, 成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) , also known as Tokyo-Narita, formerly and originally known as , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airport ...
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Keisei Bus
The is a bus company within the Keisei Group which was established on 1 October 2003 to inherit all business of the Keisei Electric Railway bus department.
Local bus services Offices
* Edogawa Office
* Kanamachi Office
* Matsudo Office
* Ichika ...
, Chiba City Bus, Narita Airport Transport)
* ''Airport Limousine''; For
Haneda Airport
, officially , and sometimes called as Tokyo Haneda Airport or Haneda International Airport , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary ...
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Airport Transport Service
is an airport bus operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is based at the Tokyo City Air Terminal (TCAT) in Chūō, Tokyo.
, Keihin Kyuko Bus, Keisei Bus, Chiba City Bus)
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Kashima Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to , one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dōjō of ''kenjutsu'' and ''kendō'' often display a hanging scroll emblazoned with ...
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Kashimajingū Station
is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the by the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.
Lines
Kashimajingū Station is serv ...
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Kantō Railway
is a private railway company, which operates two lines in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. The company is a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway and other companies.
Additionally, the company has a bus department in Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba ...
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* ''Strawberry Liner''; For
Gumyō Station
is a passenger railway station in the city of Tōgane, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Gumyō Station is served by the Tōgane Line between and , and is located 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of th ...
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Narutō Station
a junction passenger railway station in the city of Sanmu, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Narutō Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line and Tōgane Line, and is located 76.9 km from the wester ...
(Chiba Flower Bus)
* For Shisui Premium Outret (Chiba Flower Bus, Chiba Green Bus)
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Fuji-Q Highland
is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, owned and operated by the namesake Fuji Kyuko Co. it was opened on 2 March 1968.
The theme park is near the base of Mount Fuji. It has a number of roller coasters, as well as two haun ...
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Kawaguchiko Station
is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan, operated by Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu). It is located at an altitude of .
Lines
Kawaguchiko Station forms the terminus of the privately operated Fujikyuko Line from .
...
(Keisei Bus, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)
* ''Yamato''; For
Tenri Station
is a train station in Tenri, Nara, Japan. Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. Tenri Station is also served by t ...
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Nara Station
is a railway station located in Nara, Japan. Operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), it is the main stop in the city of Nara on the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line), the terminus for the Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line), and Nara ...
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Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station
is a railway station on Kintetsu Kashihara Line in Yamatokōriyama, Nara, Japan.
Lines
* Kintetsu Railway
, referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its ...
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Chūgū-ji
is a temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan, that was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku Taishi. Located immediately to the northeast of Hōryū-ji, its statue of Miroku and Tenjukoku mandala are National Treasures.
History
Ch ...
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Hōryū-ji
is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is , or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery.
The temple wa ...
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Goidō Station
is a railway station on Kintetsu Osaka Line in Kashiba, Nara, Japan, and is the central station in the eastern area of the city.
Layout
*The station has island platforms serving 4 tracks on the first floor. Ticket machines and ticket gates ar ...
Ōtsu Station
{{nihongo, ''Ōtsu Station, 大津駅, Ōtsu-eki} is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Ōtsu Station is served by the Biwako Line porti ...
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Yamashina Station
is a train station in Yamashina-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
The station has two separated sections: underground subway section and above-ground JR section. In addition, on the Keishin Line of Keihan Electric Railway is l ...
Kyōto Station
is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan ...
Shin-Ōsaka Station
is a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of Osaka's main railway terminals to the north. The lines ...
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Umeda Station
is a railway station in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.
Umeda Station is served by the following railways:
*Hankyu Railway ( K ...
, and
Sannomiya Station
, or simply , is located in the heart of Kobe, Japan. This station is the main railway terminal of Kobe.
Lines
Sannomiya is served by the following railway lines and stations:
*Hanshin Electric Railway (Hanshin Main Line, Main Line) - Kobe ...
(Keisei Bus)
* ''South Wave''; For
Sakaihigashi Station
is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK56".
Lines
Sakaihigashi Station is served by the Nankai Koya ...
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Sakai Station
is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".
Lines
Sakai Station is served by the Nankai Main Line, and ...
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Izumigaoka Station
is a passenger railway station located in Minami-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Semboku Rapid Railway. It is station number SB03.
Lines
Izumigaoka Station is served by the Semboku Rapid Railway Line, and is located 7.8 kilo ...
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Wakayama Station
is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Wakayama (city), Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway company Wakayama Electric Railway.
Li ...
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Wakayamashi Station
is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.. To distinguish it from Wakayama Station (JR West, Wakayama Railway), th ...
(Narita Airport Transport, Wakayama Bus)
Local bus services
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...