is a railway station in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, operated by

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 ar ...

(JR East). It is most well known for being the main railway access point for the

Tokyo Disney Resort The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company under a licence from The Walt Disney Company, who co ...

Lines

The 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 ...

from , and also 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 a ...

services to and from .

Station layout

The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. The station consists of a single elevated platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

Disney Resort Line

Resort Gateway Station of the Disney Resort Line is a short walk away outside the station.

History

The station opened on 1 December 1988. The platforms were extended by a total of about 90 meters in January 2021 with work starting in April 2020. The platform extension will open for service on 29 January 2022. In the new configuration, trains will be stopping towards the back of the platform relative to their direction.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 76,495 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 58th-busiest station operated by JR East. The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Bus routes

There is a bus terminal in front of the station.

Tokyo Disneyland Bus Terminal

It takes about 5 minutes from Maihama Station to the bus terminal. The terminal which are named Bus Terminal East and Bus Terminal West. Bus Terminal East is located near the entrance of

Tokyo Disneyland (local nickname ''TDL'') is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to ...

and Maihama Station, and is chiefly used by bus companies of Keisei Group, which are

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 * Ichik ...

and

Tokyo Bay City Bus The is a bus company in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture. The company was established in 1976 by The Oriental Land Company. It is jointly owned by the Keisei Group and the Oriental Land Company. The company headquarters and bus depot is located in Chi ...

and

Keisei Transit Bus The is a Japanese bus company. It was formed by Keisei Bus (Keisei Group) and Oriental Land Company, on 2 February 1999. Keisei Transit Bus has two barns, one in Shiohama Ichikawa, the other in Chidori Urayasu. History This company was estab ...

, is passed through by bus routes which are bound for vicinities, highway buses and airport buses which are bound for

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and Narita Airport in additional to shuttle buses which are bound for Tokyo Disney resort partner hotels operated by Daishinto and Keisei Transit Bus. Besides, Bus Terminal WEST' is located west of main entrance. And, the terminal's arrivals and departures are shuttle buses which are bound for Tokyo Disney resort good neighbor hotels and

night bus Night service, sometimes also known as owl service, refers to the public transport services operated during the night hours. These services are operated, mainly using buses but in certain cases using trams (or streetcars), not including in ...

es which are bound for distant places and reservation buses.Access
/ref> No.26~28 :Resevation Buses *The bus routes run when busy season and people reserve.

Surrounding area

The station is the main access point of

. The park gate of

is located a short walk from the station while the

Resort Gateway Station The , officially called , is an automated monorail in Japan, which operates between Maihama Station and the Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is operated by , the subsidiary of Oriental Land Co., Ltd. that operates the resort. Legally speaking, ...

of the Disney Resort Line monorail line and the Ikspiari shopping complex are located directly beside the Maihama station gates.

References

External links

Maihama Station
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