Keisei Chiba Station

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.

KS59
Keisei Chiba Station

京成千葉駅
Keisei Chiba Station
General information
Location250-3 Shinmachi, Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Japan
Operated by Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)KS Keisei Chiba Line
ConnectionsChiba Station
Other information
Station codeKS59
History
Opened1967
Previous namesKokutetsu Chiba-eki Mae (until 1987)
Passengers
FY200824,428 daily
Services
Preceding station Keisei Following station
Shin-Chiba
KS58
towards Keisei Tsudanuma
 Chiba Line Chiba-Chūō
KS60
Terminus

Lines

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

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

Platforms
1 KS Keisei Chiba Line for Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Ueno and SL Shin-Keisei Line
2 KS Keisei Chiba Line for Chiba-Chūō and Chiharadai

History

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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References
  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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