Mabashi Station

Mabashi Station (馬橋駅, Mabashi-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Ryūtetsu.

JL24 Mabashi Station 馬橋駅
Mabashi Station, April 2019
General information
Location	Mabashi, Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken 271-0051 Japan
Coordinates	35°48′42″N 139°55′02″E
Operated by	JR East Ryūtetsu
Line(s)	JL Jōban Line (Local) ■ Nagareyama Line
Distance	19.1 km from Nippori
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1449
History
Opened	August 6, 1898
Passengers
FY2019	24,335 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kita-Matsudo JL23 towards Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Shim-Matsudo JL25 towards Toride Preceding station Ryutetsu Following station Terminus Nagareyama Line Kōya towards Nagareyama
Location Mabashi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Mabashi Station Mabashi Station (Japan)

Ryutetsu Mabashi Station, June 2016

Lines

Mabashi Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo, and is 19.1 kilometers from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station. It is also forms the terminus of the 5.7 kilometer Ryūtetsu Nagareyama Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms, one each for the Jōban Line and the Nagareyama Line. The station is staffed.

Platforms

JR

1	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride
2	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Matsudo, Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara

Nagareyama Line

1	■ Nagareyama Line	for Kōya and Nagareyama
2	■ Nagareyama Line	for Kōya and Nagareyama (Only used during rush hours)

History

Mabashi Station opened on August 6, 1898 as a station on the Nippon Railway Tsuchiura Line. It was nationalised on November 1, 1906, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and the line name changed on October 12, 1909 to the Jōban Line. The privately owned Nagareyama Line began operations from Mabashi Station from March 14, 1916. Freight services from this station ceased on April 20, 1971, when the Jōban line was quadrupled. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 25,675 passengers daily. In fiscal 2018, the Ryutetsu portion of the station was used by an average of 1525 passengers daily.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Mabashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)
• Ryutetsu station information (in Japanese)