Funabashi Station

For the Keisei Station, see Keisei Funabashi Station.

Railway station in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Funabashi Station

船橋駅

The JR East station north entrance in 2025

General information
Location| Funabashi, Chiba
Japan
Operated by|

* JR East
* Tobu Railway

Line(s)|

* JO Sōbu Main Line
* TD Tobu Urban Park Line

Connections| KS22 Keisei Funabashi

Location

Funabashi Station

Location within Chiba Prefecture

Show map of Chiba Prefecture

Funabashi Station

Funabashi Station (Kanto Area)

Show map of Kanto Area

Funabashi Station

Funabashi Station (Japan)

Show map of Japan

Funabashi Station (船橋駅, Funabashi-eki) is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

## Lines

[edit]

The north side of the station and Tobu Department Store building, December 2009 The south side of the station, September 2024

Funabashi Station is served by the JR East Sōbu Main Line and 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi) from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station. It also forms the eastern terminus of the 62.7-kilometre (39.0 mi) Tōbu Urban Park Line (Tōbu Noda Line). Passengers can also transfer to nearby Keisei Funabashi Station on the Keisei Main Line.

## JR East

[edit]

JO25 JB31
Funabashi Station

船橋駅

The JR East station south entrance in 2017

General information
Location| 7 Honcho, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
Japan
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)|

* JB Chūō-Sōbu Line
* JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)

Platforms| 2 island platforms
Tracks| 4
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Other information
Station code|

* JB31 (Chūō-Sōbu Line)
* JO25 (Sōbu Line (Rapid))

Website| www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1382
History
Opened| 20 July 1894; 130 years ago (1894-07-20)
Passengers
FY2014| 135,322
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

|
|

Kinshichō

JO22

towards Hakuba

|  | Azusa |  | Chiba

JO28

Terminus

Kinshichō

JO22

towards Ōtsuki

|  | Fuji Excursion |  | Chiba

One-way operation

Kinshichō

JO22

towards Tokyo

|  | Shiosai

(limited service)

|  | Chiba

JO28

towards Chōshi

Ichikawa

JO24

towards Tokyo

|  | Sōbu Line

Rapid

|  | Tsudanuma

JO26

towards Chiba

Nishi-Funabashi

JB30

towards Mitaka

|  | Chūō–Sōbu Line |  | Higashi-Funabashi

JB32

towards Chiba

| Chūō–Sōbu Line

via T Tozai Line

|  | Higashi-Funabashi

JB32

towards Tsudanuma

The JR East station has two elevated island platforms, with the station building located underneath. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agency.

### Platforms

[edit]

1 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | for Nishi-Funabashi, Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Nihombashi, Otemachi, and Nakano

|
|

2 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line  | for Tsudanuma, Inage, and Chiba
3 | JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) | for Kinshichō and Tokyo
4 | JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)  | for Tsudanuma, Chiba, Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1), Kimitsu, and Kazusa-Ichinomiya

## Tobu

[edit]

TD35
Funabashi Station

船橋駅

Tobu station

Tobu Funabashi station entrance in December 2007

General information
Location| 7-1-1 Honcho Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken
Japan
Operated by|  Tobu Railway
Line(s)| TD Tobu Urban Park Line
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Other information
Station code| TD-35
Website| railway.tobu.co.jp/guide/station/info/6412.html
History
Opened| 27 December 1923; 101 years ago (1923-12-27)
Passengers
FY2014| 112,009
Services
| Preceding station  |  Tobu Railway | Following station

|
|

Shin-Kamagaya

TD30

towards Ōmiya

|  | Urban Park Line

Express

|  | Terminus
Shin-Funabashi

TD34

towards Ōmiya

|  | Urban Park Line

Local

The Tobu station is elevated and consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building underneath. Access to the JR East station is by a ground-level concourse.

### Platforms

[edit]

1, 2 | TD Tobu Urban Park Line | for Kashiwa, Nodashi, Kasukabe, and Ōmiya

|
|

## History

[edit]

What is now the JR East Funabashi Station opened on 20 July 1894. The Tobu station opened on 27 December 1923.[1] The JR East (formerly JNR) station opened on 20 July 1952.[2] It became an elevated structure from 26 October 1983.[1] From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Noda Line, with Funabashi Station becoming "TD-35".[3]

Platform edge doors were installed on the Tobu Urban Park Line platforms in early February 2014.[4]

## Passenger statistics

[edit]

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 135,322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 23rd-busiest station operated by JR East.[5] The passenger figures for the JR East station for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year | Daily average

|

2000 | 131,611[6]
2005 | 131,579[7]
2010 | 134,705[8]
2014 | 135,322[5]

In fiscal 2012, the Tobu station was used by an average of 112,000 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers).[9]

## Surrounding area

[edit]

* Keisei Funabashi Station (KS Keisei Main Line)
* Funabashi FACE

## See also

[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224\. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 144\. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
3. ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
4. ^ 東武野田線船橋駅に可動式ホーム柵設置 [Platform doors installed at Funabashi Station on the Tobu Noda Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
5. ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 （2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2001-05-06. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
8. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
9. ^ 駅情報（乗降人） [Information of Stations (Passenger Statistics)] (in Japanese). Tobu Railwaylocation= Japan. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Funabashi Station.

* JR East station information (in Japanese)
* Tobu station information Archived 2019-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

* v
* t
* e

Stations of the Sōbu Line (Rapid) / Yokosuka Line

* Kurihama
* Kinugasa
* Yokosuka
* Taura
* Higashi-Zushi
* Zushi
* Kamakura
* Kita-Kamakura
* Ōfuna
* Totsuka
* Higashi-Totsuka
* Hodogaya
* Yokohama
* Shin-Kawasaki
* Musashi-Kosugi
* Nishi-Ōi (Shonan-Shinjuku Line towards Shinjuku >> )
* Shinagawa
* Shimbashi
* Tokyo
* Shin-Nihombashi
* Bakurochō
* Kinshichō
* Shin-Koiwa
* Ichikawa
* Funabashi
* Tsudanuma
* Inage
* Chiba (Sōbu Main Line for Narutō, Narita Line for Narita and Narita Airport, Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya or Uchibō Line for Kimitsu >> )

* v
* t
* e

Stations of the Chūō-Sōbu Line

* Mitaka
* Kichijōji
* Nishi-Ogikubo
* Ogikubo
* Asagaya
* Kōenji
* Nakano
* Higashi-Nakano
* Ōkubo
* Shinjuku
* Yoyogi
* Sendagaya
* Shinanomachi
* Yotsuya
* Ichigaya
* Iidabashi
* Suidōbashi
* Ochanomizu
* Akihabara
* Asakusabashi
* Ryōgoku
* Kinshichō
* Kameido
* Hirai
* Shin-Koiwa
* Koiwa
* Ichikawa
* Moto-Yawata
* Shimōsa-Nakayama
* Nishi-Funabashi
* Funabashi
* Higashi-Funabashi
* Tsudanuma
* Makuharihongō
* Makuhari
* Shin-Kemigawa
* Inage
* Nishi-Chiba
* Chiba

* v
* t
* e

Stations of the Tobu Urban Park Line

* Ōmiya
* Kita-Ōmiya
* Ōmiya-kōen
* Ōwada
* Nanasato
* Iwatsuki
* Higashi-Iwatsuki
* Toyoharu
* Yagisaki
* Kasukabe
* Fujino-ushijima
* Minami-Sakurai
* Kawama
* Nanakōdai
* Shimizu-kōen
* Atago
* Nodashi
* Umesato
* Unga
* Edogawadai
* Hatsuishi
* Nagareyama-ōtakanomori
* Toyoshiki
* Kashiwa
* Shin-Kashiwa
* Masuo
* Sakasai
* Takayanagi
* Mutsumi
* Shin-Kamagaya
* Kamagaya
* Magomezawa
* Tsukada
* Shin-Funabashi
* Funabashi

35°42′06″N 139°59′07″E﻿ / ﻿35.701743°N 139.985229°E﻿ / 35.701743; 139.985229
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template