Nishi-Funabashi Station

Nishi-Funabashi Station 西船橋駅
North entrance, February 2006
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Funabashi
History
Year opened	1958
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East Tokyo Metro Tōyō Rapid Railway
Line(s)	Chūō-Sōbu Line Musashino Line Keiyō Line Tōzai Line Tōyō Rapid Railway Line

Nishi-Funabashi Station (西船橋駅, Nishi-Funabashi-eki^?) is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the Tōyō Rapid Railway. It is the eastern-most station of the Tokyo subway network, lying in Chiba prefecture.

Lines

Nishi-Funabashi Station is served by the following lines.

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Chūō-Sōbu Line
  • Musashino Line
  • Keiyō Line
• Tokyo Metro
  • Tōzai Line
• Tōyō Rapid Railway
  • Tōyō Rapid Railway Line

Station layout

Lower level track layout

Upper level track layout

The station consists of six island platforms serving eleven tracks on two levels (another two tracks are used by Sōbu Line Rapid trains which do not stop). The high-level station serves the Keiyō and Musashino Lines. The low level is served by the Sōbu, Tōzai and Tōyō Rapid Lines. The low level can be subdivided into two sections, one served by trains running into Tokyo via the Sōbu Line and the other by trains running into Tokyo via the Tōzai Line, since all the track connections between the two lines are east of the station.

Platforms 1 and 2 are for Sōbu Line trains for Funabashi, Tsudanuma and Chiba, and platforms 3 and 4 for trains for Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku and Mitaka. Platforms 2 and 3 share the same track and is often used to terminate trains from Tokyo.

Within the Tokyo Metro section, platform 5 is the main platform for Tōyō services to Kita-Narashino and Tōyō-Katsutadai, while the few trains from the Tōzai Line to Funabashi and Tsudanuma can also leave from here. Platform 6 is mainly used for terminating Tōzai Line trains (to Tōyōchō, Nihombashi, Ōtemachi and Nakano), although it is used for through services in peak hours. Platform 7 is exclusively for Tōzai Line trains (mainly for reversing them), and platform 8 is for Tōzai Line services from the east as well as a few Tōyō trains.

The high-level station consists of platforms 9 to 12. Normally platforms 9 and 10 are used by Musashino Line trains (to Shim-Matsudo, Minami-Urawa and Fuchū-Hommachi), platform 11 is used by trains to Tokyo (via Maihama and Shin-Kiba) and platform 12 by trains to Minami-Funabashi, Shin-Narashino and Kaihin-Makuhari.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
East Japan Railway Company
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Shimousa-Nakayama		Local	Funabashi
Musashino Line
Funabashi-Hōten		-	Ichikawa-Shiohama Minami-Funabashi
Keiyō Line
Ichikawa-Shiohama		Musashino Rapid (via Kōya Branch)	Funabashi-Hōten
Minami-Funabashi		Local, Shimousa (via Futamata Branch)	Funabashi-Hōten
Tokyo Metro/Tōyō Rapid Railway
Tōzai Line
Tōyō Rapid Railway Line
Baraki-Nakayama		Local	Funabashi (Sobu Line) Higashi-Kaijin (Toyo Rapid)
Urayasu		Rapid	Funabashi (Sobu Line) Higashi-Kaijin (Toyo Rapid)
Urayasu		Commuter Rapid	Funabashi (Sobu Line) Higashi-Kaijin (Toyo Rapid)
Urayasu		Tōyō Rapid	Kita-Narashino

History

The station opened on the Sōbu Line on November 10, 1958 (relatively recent among Sōbu Line stations), initially serving passengers only. It moved into a new station building on December 15, 1968 when the line was quadrupled.

The Eidan Tōzai Line arrived here on March 29, 1969 and through service between the two lines commenced. Freight services commenced on April 8.

The high-level station opened on October 2, 1978 when platforms 9 and 10 (today's 11 and 12) started being used as the terminus of the Musashino Line. On March 3, 1986, platforms 9 and 10 opened for use by the initial section of the Keiyō Line (from here to Chiba-Minato). Freight services ceased on November 1, 1986.

The next part of the Keiyō Line (Shin-Kiba to Nishi-Funabashi and Minami-Funabashi) opened on December 1, 1988. At the same time, through services began between the Keiyō and Musashino Lines.

The Tōyō Rapid Railway Line opened on April 27, 1996, with through services to the Eidan Tōzai Line from the first day.

The Dila Nishi-Funabashi station building complex opened on January 15, 2005.

External links

Media related to Nishi-Funabashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 35°42′25″N 139°57′32″E / 35.707°N 139.959°E / 35.707; 139.959