Keisei Chiba Station
KS59 Keisei Chiba Station 京成千葉駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Keisei Chiba Station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 250-3 Shinmachi, Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | KS Keisei Chiba Line | ||||||||||
Connections | Chiba Station | ||||||||||
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Station code | KS59 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1967 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Kokutetsu Chiba-eki Mae (until 1987) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2008 | 24,428 daily | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Keisei Chiba Station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath.
Platforms
[edit]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
[edit]This section needs additional citations for verification. (April 2012) |
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
[edit]- Chiba Station (JR Lines and Chiba Urban Monorail)
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Keisei Station layout (in Japanese)
References
[edit]- ^ JTB Timetable No. 979 (August 2007) (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 803.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.