35°36′47″N140°06′47″E / 35.613122°N 140.113192°E /35.613122; 140.113192
JO28JB39CM03 Chiba Station 千葉駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platform 1・2 (Sobu Local Line) of JR Chiba Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Shin-Chiba,Chūō-ku, Chiba,Chiba (千葉県千葉市中央区新千葉1丁目) Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 July 1894; 131 years ago (1894-07-20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chiba Station (千葉駅,Chiba-eki) is a major interchange railway station inChiba, Chiba, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East) andChiba Urban Monorail.
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
| 1-2 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | forNishi-Funabashi,Kinshichō,Akihabara,Shinjuku,Nakano, andMitaka |
| 3-4 | ■ Uchibō Line | forSoga,Kisarazu,Kimitsu,Tateyama, andAwa-Kamogawa |
| 5-6 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Soga,Ōami,Kazusa-Ichinomiya,Katsuura,Tōgane, andAwa-Kamogawa |
| 7-8 | ■ Sōbu Main Line | forYotsukaidō,Sakura,Yachimata,Narutō,Yōkaichiba, andChōshi |
| 9-10 | ■ Narita Line | for Yotsukaidō, Sakura,Narita, Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 andTerminal 1),Sawara, andKashima-Jingū |
| 3 - 10 | JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) | forFunabashi, Kinshichō,Tokyo JOYokosuka Line forYokohama,Ōfuna, andKurihama |
| 1 | ■ Line 1 | forYoshikawa-kōen andKenchō-mae |
| 2 | ■ Line 2 | forSports Center,Dōbutsukōen, andChishirodai |
| 3 | ■ Line 2 | forShiyakusho-mae andChiba-Minato |
| 4 | ■ Line 1 | for Shiyakusho-mae and Chiba-Minato |

The station opened on 20 July 1894.[1]The present station building was built in 1963. Rebuilding work was scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.[2]
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 105,812 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 33rd-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2011, the Chiba Urban Monorail station was used by an average of 10,639 passengers per day (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by Chiba Urban Monorail.[4] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 103,723[5] |
| 2005 | 103,401[6] |
| 2010 | 105,777[7] |
| 2011 | 104,788[8] |
| 2012 | 104,646[9] |
| 2013 | 105,812[3] |