Keisei Chiba Station

Railway station in Chiba, Japan

KS59
Keisei Chiba Station

京成千葉駅

Keisei Chiba Station

General information
Location| 250-3 Shinmachi, Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Japan
Operated by|  Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)| KS Keisei Chiba Line
Connections| Chiba Station
Other information
Station code| KS59
History
Opened| 1967
Previous names| Kokutetsu Chiba-eki Mae (until 1987)
Passengers
FY2008| 24,428 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Keisei | Following station

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Shin-Chiba

KS58

towards Keisei Tsudanuma

|  | Chiba Line |  | Chiba-Chūō

KS60

Terminus

Keisei Chiba Station (京成千葉駅, Keisei Chiba-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by the Keisei Electric Railway.

## Lines

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Keisei Chiba Station is served by the Keisei Chiba Line,[1] and is 12.3 km from the terminus of the line at Keisei-Tsudanuma Station. It is also connected by escalators and a moving walkway to the Chiba Urban Monorail.

## Station layout

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Keisei Chiba Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath.

### Platforms

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1 | KS Keisei Chiba Line | for Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Ueno and KS Keisei Matsudo Line

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2 | KS Keisei Chiba Line  | for Chiba-Chūō and Chiharadai

## History

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Keisei Chiba Station was opened on 1 December 1967 as Kokutetsu Chiba-eki mae Station (国鉄千葉駅前駅, Kokutetsu Chiba-eki mae Station). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1987. The Chiba Express Line (now Keisei Chihara Line) began operations from April 1992.

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010; Keisei Chiba Station was assigned station number KS59.[2][3]

## Surrounding area

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* Chiba Station (JR Lines and Chiba Urban Monorail)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keisei Chiba Station.

* Keisei Station layout (in Japanese)

## References

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1. ^ JTB Timetable No. 979 (August 2007) (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 803.
2. ^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
3. ^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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Stations of the Keisei Chiba Line

* (Towards Keisei Ueno and Matsudo<<) Keisei Tsudanuma
* Keisei Makuharihongō
* Keisei Makuhari
* Kemigawa
* Keisei Inage
* Midori-dai
* Nishi-Nobuto
* Shin-Chiba
* Keisei Chiba
* Chiba-Chūō (>>Keisei Chihara Line)

35°36′42″N 140°06′52″E﻿ / ﻿35.6117°N 140.1144°E﻿ / 35.6117; 140.1144
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