is a passenger

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in the city of

Funabashi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after 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 the ...

, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

Lines

Keisei Funabashi Station is served by the

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, and is located 25.1 km from the Tokyo terminus at

Keisei Ueno Station is a railway station in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. It is the terminus of the Keisei Main Line and is a short distance from JR Ueno Station. Layout The station is underground beneath ...

. Passengers can also transfer to the JR

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and

Tobu Urban Park Line is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

via a pedestrian passage.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed

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s serving two platforms. The platforms are connected via an underpass to the station building.

Platforms

History

The station opened on December 30, 1916, initially named simply . This was renamed Keisei Funabashi from November 18, 1931. The station was elevated from November 2006. From 2006, the station became a stop on the ''

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'' limited express train service. When the ''Skyliner'' moved to the

Narita Sky Access Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded . The Keisei Electric Ra ...

in July 2010, Keisei Funabashi became a stop on the replacement '' Cityliner'' service between Ueno and Narita Airport (later truncated to Keisei-Narita). Since the timetable revision on December 5, 2015, the station has become a stop on the ''

Morningliner The is an airport limited express train service between Tokyo and Narita International Airport, Narita Airport in Japan. It is operated by Keisei Electric Railway and runs on the Narita Sky Access route. This article also covers the and ser ...

'' and ''

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'' train services.http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/kouhou/news/151022_01.pdf

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,709 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Funabashi Station is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Lines Funabashi Station is served by the JR East Sōbu Main Line and from the ...

(JR

Sōbu Main Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It connects Tokyo with the east coast of Chiba Prefecture, passing through the cities of Funabashi, Chiba, and Chōshi. Its name derives from the old ...

and

) * Funabashi FACE

References

External links

* {{Keisei Main Line Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Keisei Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1916 Funabashi