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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 prep ...
located in Mihama-ku,
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 ...
,
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 t ...
, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (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 K ...
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 Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...
. 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 Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...
. 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 ...
limited express '' Sazanami'' and some
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 ...
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. ...
.


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 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 which also received th
Good Design Award
The following can also be found close to the station. *
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", "timele ...
Mall Makuhari New City *
Costco Costco Wholesale Corporation (Trade name, doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only Big-box store, big-box retail stores (warehouse c ...
Makuhari Warehouse * Aeon headquarters * NTT Makuhari Building *
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. ...
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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 *
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 *
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, ...
*
Makuhari Junior and Senior High School is a Japanese private secondary school in the Makuhari area,School History
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Makuhari Sohgoh High School
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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 ...
* Hamada River
Hotel New Otani Makuhari

Hotel The Manhattan



HOTEL GREEN TOWER MAKUHARI


Bus terminal


Highway buses

* ''Airport Limousine''; For Narita International Airport (
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) * For Suigo-Itako,
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 ...
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Kashimajingū Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kashima, Ibaraki, Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the by the Public-Private_Partnerships_In_Japan, third sector Kashima ...
(
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 ...
) * ''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 weste ...
(Chiba Flower Bus) * For Shisui Premium Outret (Chiba Flower Bus, Chiba Green Bus) * For
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 was ...
, and Goidō Station (Keisei Bus Nara Kotsu) * For
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 ...
, Sanjō Station, and
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 ...
(Chiba Chuo Bus) * For Senri-Chūō Station,
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 ...
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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 ( Main Line) - Kobe-Sannomiya Stati ...
(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 ...
, Sakai Station,
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, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway company Wakayama Electric Railway. Lines Wakayama Stat ...
, and
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 * Railway stations A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to ...


References


External links


JR East station information

Kaihimmakuhari Station bus terminal map

Keisei Bus Makuhari New City route map
{{Keiyo Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1986 Keiyō Line Railway stations in Chiba (city)