Kita-Narashino Station

Kita-Narashino Station (北習志野駅, Kita-Narashino-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Kita-Narashino Station 北習志野駅
Shin-Keisei Kita-Narashino Station, July 2007
General information
Location	3-1-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken 274-0063 Japan
Coordinates	35°43′18″N 140°02′32″E / 35.7217°N 140.0423°E / 35.7217; 140.0423
Operated by	Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Railway
Line(s)	SL Shin-Keisei Line      Tōyō Rapid Railway Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	○SL19 (Shin-Keisei) ○TR04 (Tōyō)
History
Opened	11 April 1966; 57 years ago (1966-04-11)
Passengers
2018	46,256 (Shin-Keisei) 20,594 (Tōyō) daily
Services
Preceding station Shin-Keisei Following station Takanekido SL18 towards Matsudo Shin-Keisei Line Narashino SL20 towards Keisei Tsudanuma Preceding station Tōyō Rapid Railway Following station Hasama TR03 towards Nishi-Funabashi Tōyō Rapid Railway Line Funabashi-Nichidaimae TR05 towards Tōyō-Katsutadai
Location
Kita-Narashino Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Kita-Narashino Station Kita-Narashino Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kita-Narashino Station is a junction station for the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway's Shin-Keisei Line and the Tōyō Rapid Railway’s Tōyō Rapid Railway Line. It is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Shin-Keisei Line at Matsudo Station and is 8.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōyō Rapid Railway Line at Nishi-Funabashi Station.

Station layout

Shin-Keisei Kita-Narashino Station has a single island platform, with an elevated station building. The Tōyō Rapid Railway Line is an underground station with a single island platform.

Platforms

1	SL Shin-Keisei Line	for Shin-Tsudanuma and Keisei-Tsudanuma KS Keisei Chiba Line for Chiba Chūō
2	SL Shin-Keisei Line	for Shin-Kamagaya, Yabashira, and Matsudo
3	TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line	for Tōyō-Katsutadai
4	TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line	for Nishi-Funabashi T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Toyocho, Otemachi, and Nakano JB Chūō Line (Local) for Mitaka

History

Kita-Narashino Station was opened on April 11, 1966, as a station on the Shin-Keisei Railway Line. The Tōyō Rapid Railway Line connected to the station on April 27, 1996. The Shin-Keisei Line completed a new station building in 2009.

Future plans

Effective April 2025, platforms 1 and 2 are to come under the aegis of Keisei Electric Railway as the result of the buyout of the Shin-Keisei Railway.^[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the Shin Keisei portion of the station was used by an average of 46,256 passengers daily. During the same period the Tōyō Rapid Railway portion of the station was used by 20,594 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

• Narashinodai housing complex
• Kitanarashino Neighborhood Park
• Funabashi City Higashi Library / Narashinodai Public Hall
• Funabashi City Takago Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "京成電鉄、新京成電鉄を吸収合併へ2025年4月 現在の路線・駅は維持する方針" [Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway in April 2025; Plans made to maintain current routes and stations]. Chiba Nippo (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
2. "新京成電鉄、解散・消滅へ - 京成電鉄が吸収合併、2025年実施予定" [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway to dissolve and disappear - Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the railway in the merger, scheduled to take place in 2025]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
3. 千葉県統計年鑑(平成31年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

  Media related to Kita-Narashino Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shin Keisei Railway Station information (in Japanese)
• Tōyō Rapid Railway Station information (in Japanese)