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Chibaminato Station

Chibaminato Station

Railway and monorail station in Chiba, Japan

Chibaminato Station (千葉みなと駅, Chiba-Minato-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Chiba Urban Monorail.[1][2]

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Lines

Chibaminato Station is served by the JR East Keiyō Line and Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1. It is located 39.0 kilometers from the starting point of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station and is the terminal station for the Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1.

Station layout

The JR portion of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three elevated tracks, with the station building underneath. The station is staffed. The Chiba Urban Monorail Chibaminato Station has two side platforms with two tracks between them, and is also an elevated station.

JR East platforms

JR East platforms, December 2007
1-2 JE Keiyō Line for Soga, Kisarazu, Kazusa-Minato, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, and Katsuura
2-3 JE Keiyō Line for Kaihimmakuhari, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and Tokyo

Chiba Urban Monorail platforms

Chiba Urban Monorail Chiba-Minato Station
1/2 ■ Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1 for Chiba, Kenchō-mae, and Chishirodai

History

The JR East station opened on 3 March 1986.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Chibaminato being assigned station number JE16.[3][4] With the opening of Makuharitoyosuna in 2023, stations further down on the Keiyo Line were each shifted down one station number. As such, Chibaminato was reassigned station number JE17.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 17,199 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] In fiscal 2018, the China Urban Monolail portion of the station was served by 8,264 passengers.[6]

Surrounding area

  • Chiba city office
  • Chiba-Chūō Police Station
  • Chiba Port Tower
  • Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
  • NHK Chiba broadcasting station
  • Chiba Bank Head office

See also

References

  1. [1]
    各駅情報（千葉みなと駅） [Station Information (Chibaminato Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    "JR East Railway Major Route: Metropolitan Area" (PDF). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. [5]
    各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  6. [6]
    千葉県統計年鑑(令和1年) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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