Minami-Funabashi Station

Minami-Funabashi Station (南船橋駅, Minami-Funabashi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JE11 Minami-Funabashi Station 南船橋駅
Station building, April 2012
General information
Location	2 Wakamatsu, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken 273–0013 Japan
Coordinates	35°40′53.6484″N 139°59′47.84″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JE Keiyō Line
Distance	26.0 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	JE11
Website	Official website
History
Opened	3 March 1986
Passengers
FY2019	22,763 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shin-Urayasu JE08 towards Tokyo Keiyō Line Rapid Kaihimmakuhari JE14 towards Soga Futamatashimmachi JE10 towards Tokyo Keiyō Line Local Shin-Narashino JE12 towards Soga Nishi-Funabashi JM10 towards Ōmiya Shimōsa Shin-Narashino JE12 towards Kaihimmakuhari Nishi-Funabashi JM10 towards Fuchūhommachi Musashino Line Keiyō Line through-service
Location Minami-Funabashi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Minami-Funabashi Station Minami-Funabashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Minami-Funabashi Station is served by the Keiyō Line from Tokyo and also by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi via Nishi-Funabashi. It is 26.0 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Station track diagram

The elevated station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The two centre tracks are used by terminating Musashino Line services. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	JE Keiyō Line	for Kaihimmakuhari, Chibaminato, Soga, Kimitsu, and Kazusa-Ichinomiya
2-3	JM Musashino Line through service	starting for Nishi-Funabashi, Shim-Matsudo, and Fuchūhommachi
4	JM Musashino Line through service	from Shin-Narashino and Kaihimmakuhari for Nishi-Funabashi, Shim-Matsudo, and Fuchūhommachi
	JE Keiyō Line	for Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and Tokyo

• 
  View of the platforms looking westward, June 2008
• 
  View looking west, showing the terminating centre (Musashino Line) tracks, May 2011
• 
  Entrance below the tracks, June 2019

History

The station opened on 3 March 1986.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Minami-Funabashi being assigned station number JE11.^[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,763 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

• Funabashi Racecourse
• Lalaport Tokyo Bay shopping mall
• IKEA Funabashi branch

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR East Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

External links

Media related to Minami-Funabashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)