Keisei Chiba Station
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Japan
Keisei Electric Railway
Keisei Chiba LineKS59 Keisei Chiba Station 京成千葉駅 | |||||||||||
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 Keisei Chiba Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 250-3 Shinmachi, Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Keisei Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Keisei Chiba Line | ||||||||||
| Connections | Chiba Station | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KS59 | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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 | Keisei Chiba Line |
for Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Ueno and Keisei Matsudo Line
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| 2 | 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]
