Chiba Station (千葉駅, Chiba-eki) is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.
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| Location | 1 Shin-Chiba, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba (千葉県千葉市中央区新千葉1丁目) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 July 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chiba Station Location within Chiba Prefecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
| 1-2 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | for Nishi-Funabashi, Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka |
| 3-4 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Soga, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 5-6 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Soga, Ōami, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Tōgane, and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 7-8 | ■ Sōbu Main Line | for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Yachimata, Narutō, Yōkaichiba, and Chōshi |
| 9-10 | ■ Narita Line | for Yotsukaidō, Sakura, Narita, Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1), Sawara, and Kashima-Jingū |
| 3 - 10 | JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) | for Funabashi, Kinshichō, Tokyo JO Yokosuka Line for Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Kurihama |
| 1 | ■ Line 1 | for Yoshikawa-kōen and Kenchō-mae |
| 2 | ■ Line 2 | for Sports Center, Dōbutsukōen, and Chishirodai |
| 3 | ■ Line 2 | for Shiyakusho-mae and Chiba-Minato |
| 4 | ■ Line 1 | for Shiyakusho-mae and Chiba-Minato |

The station opened on 20 July 1894.[1] The present station building was built in 1963. Rebuilding work is scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.[2]
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 105,812 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 33rd-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] In fiscal 2011, the Chiba Urban Monorail station was used by an average of 10,639 passengers per day (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by Chiba Urban Monorail.[4] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 103,723[5] |
| 2005 | 103,401[6] |
| 2010 | 105,777[7] |
| 2011 | 104,788[8] |
| 2012 | 104,646[9] |
| 2013 | 105,812[3] |
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