Keisei Funabashi Station

Keisei Funabashi Station (京成船橋駅, Keisei-Funabashi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway.

KS22 Keisei Funabashi Station 京成船橋駅
Main station entrance, October 2008
General information
Location	1-5-1 Honchō, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken 273-0005 Japan
Coordinates	35.699948°N 139.985132°E / 35.699948; 139.985132
Operated by	Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)	KS Keisei Main Line
Distance	25.1 km from Keisei Ueno
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	JO25 JB31 TD35 Funabashi Station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KS22
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 30, 1916
Previous names	Funabashi (until 1931)
Passengers
FY2019	93,281 daily
Services
Preceding station Keisei Following station Aoto KS09 towards Keisei Ueno Morningliner Eveningliner Yachiyodai KS29 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1 Keisei Yawata KS16 towards Keisei Ueno Main Line "Rapid" Limited Express Limited Express Commuter Express Keisei Tsudanuma KS26 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1 Higashi-Nakayama KS19 towards Keisei Ueno Main Line Rapid Funabashikeibajō KS24 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1 Kaijin KS21 towards Keisei Ueno Main Line Local Daijingūshita KS23 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Location Keisei Funabashi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture

Station platforms, 2019

Lines

Keisei Funabashi Station is served by the Keisei Main Line, and is located 25.1 km from the Tokyo terminus at Keisei Ueno Station.^[1] Passengers can also transfer to the JR Sobu Line and Tobu Urban Park Line via a pedestrian passage.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two platforms. The platforms are connected via an underpass to the station building.

Platforms

1	KS Keisei Main Line	for Aoto, Nippori, Keisei Ueno, and Oshiage A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi and Nishi-magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Haneda Airport (Terminal 3 and Terminal 1·2)
2	KS Keisei Main Line	for Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Chiba, Keisei Narita, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1)

History

The station opened on 30 December 1916, initially named simply Funabashi Station (船橋駅).^[1] This was renamed Keisei Funabashi from 18 November 1931.^[1] The station was elevated from November 2006.^[1] From 2006, the station became a stop on the Skyliner limited express train service. When the Skyliner moved to the Narita Sky Access Line in July 2010, Keisei Funabashi became a stop on the replacement Cityliner service between Ueno and Narita Airport (later truncated to Keisei-Narita). Since the timetable revision on 5 December 2015, the station has become a stop on the Morningliner and Eveningliner train services.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010. Keisei Funabashi was assigned station number KS22.^[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,709 passengers daily.^[5]

Surrounding area

• Funabashi Station (JR Sōbu Main Line and Tobu Urban Park Line)
• Funabashi FACE

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. http://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/kouhou/news/151022_01.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. 2019年度 駅別１日平均乗降人) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keisei Railway. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Keisei Funabashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• "Keisei Funabashi Station". Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 26 March 2017.