Chiba Station

Chiba Station (千葉駅) is a major interchange railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.

Lines
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.

JR East

 * Sobu Main Line
 * Chūō-Sōbu Line
 * Sobu Line (Rapid)
 * Narita Line
 * Sotobo Line
 * Uchibo Line

Chiba Urban Monorail

 * Line 1
 * Line 2

History
The station opened on 20 July 1894. 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.

Passenger statistics
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. 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. The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.

Highway buses

 * Flower Liner; For Tōgane Station, Gumyō Station, and Narutō Station
 * Polar Star; For Sendai Station
 * Kapina; For Makuta Station, Obitsu Station, Kururi Station, Kururi Castle, Awa-Kamogawa Station
 * Nanso Satomi; For Tateyama Station, Kokonoe Station, Chikura Station
 * For Tokyo Skytree, Shinjuku Station
 * For Ōtsu Station, Yamashina Station, Sanjō Station, and Kyōto Station