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40 Events
1894
7月20日
The station opened as a station on the first Sobu Railway and began handling passengers and freight.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武鉄道（初代）の駅として開業。旅客・貨物扱い開始。
1907
9月1日
The station was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act and became a station of the Imperial Railway Agency.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道国有法により買収され、帝国鉄道庁の駅となる。
1923
12月27日
The Hokusō Railway (1st) Shipachi Line between Funabashi Station and Kashiwa Station opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
北総鉄道（初代）船橋線（船橋駅 - 柏駅間）が開業。
1929
11月25日
Hokuso Railway (1st) changed its company name to Sobu Railway (2nd).
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北総鉄道（初代）が総武鉄道（2代）に社名変更。
1929
12月25日
The Sōbu Railway Kaishin Line (between Funabashi Station and Kaishin Station) opened.
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総武鉄道海神線（船橋駅 - 海神駅間）開業。
1934
4月3日
The Sōbu Railway Kaishin Line was abolished.
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総武鉄道海神線営業廃止。
1944
3月1日
Based on the Land Transport Business Adjustment Law, Tobu Railway absorbed Sobu Railway through a merger.
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陸上交通事業調整法に基づき、東武鉄道が総武鉄道を吸収合併。
1948
4月16日
The Tobu Railway Shipbridge Line was integrated into the Noda Line.
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東武鉄道船橋線を野田線に統合。
1950
3月28日
The Funabashi Station rear-end collision accident occurred when a following train collided with a stopped train on the Sobu Local Line due to a signal trouble, injuring 758 people.
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船橋駅構内追突事故。駅構内の信号機トラブルにより停車中の総武緩行線上り列車に後続列車が追突、758名が重軽傷を負った。
1950
11月21日
The Travel Center opened.
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旅行センター開業。
1952
4月8日
The Japanese National Railways rebuilt Shibuya Station with a new station building, its second generation.
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国鉄船橋駅改築（2代目駅舎）。
1952
10月
The road passing in front of Japanese National Railways Shipbacho Station was opened to traffic.
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国鉄船橋駅前道路貫通。
1967
9月22日
The south plaza of Japanese National Railways Shipachi Station was completed.
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国鉄船橋駅南口広場完成。
1967
9月23日
Seibu Department Store's Funabashi store opened.
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西武百貨店船橋店開店。
1970
9月27日
Japanese National Railways Funabashi Station became an elevated station.
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国鉄船橋駅が高架駅となる。
1974
10月1日
The Japanese National Railways' Funabashi Station discontinued its freight handling operations.
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国鉄船橋駅の貨物扱い廃止。
1977
10月7日
The north plaza of Japanese National Railways Funabashi Station began operation and Tobu Department Store Funabashi Store opened.
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国鉄船橋駅北口広場が使用を開始。東武百貨店船橋店開業。
1980
12月17日
Tobu Funabashi Station becomes an elevated station.
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東武船橋駅が高架駅となる。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1990
11月26日
The north entrance underground parking lot was opened.
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北口地下駐車場を開設。
1992
2月26日
The JR Funabashi Station Travel Center became a View Plaza.
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JRの船橋駅旅行センターがびゅうプラザとなる。
1992
12月19日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at JR's ticket gates.
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JRの改札口に自動改札機を設置。
1996
7月20日
Tactile warning tiles with audible signals were installed within JR stations.
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JRの駅構内に盲導鈴を設置。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2003
4月17日
The JR Funabashi Station south exit redevelopment building "Face" opened.
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JR船橋駅南口再開発ビル「Face」開館。
2007
3月10日
Tobu Railway introduced departure melodies.
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東武鉄道で発車メロディを導入。
2007
3月18日
The IC card "PASMO" became available for use on Tobu Railway.
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東武鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2010
3月13日
With the timetable revision on this day, the limited express "Shiosai" trains 1 and 14 began making stops on Saturdays and holidays only.
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この日のダイヤ改正から土曜・休日に限り特急「しおさい」１・14号が停車するようになる。
2011
7月23日
The platform numbering of Tobu Railway was changed.
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東武鉄道の番線表記が変更。
2014
3月22日
Tobu Railway began using platform doors.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道でホームドアの使用を開始。
2016
3月26日
The Home Liner Chiba began making stops.
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ホームライナー千葉が停車開始。
2016
10月1日
Tobu Railway's departure melodies were changed to the "Tobu Department Store Funabashi Store opening melody".
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東武鉄道の発車メロディが「東武百貨店船橋店開店メロディ」に変更。
2018
2月9日
The commercial facility "Shapō Funabashi" directly connected to Funabashi Station, its south building and the 1st floor and B1 floor of the main building, held its grand opening, and the hotel "JR East Hotel Mets Funabashi" adjacent to Funabashi Station began operating.
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船橋駅直結の商業施設「シャポー船橋」南館&本館1階・B1階グランドオープン。船橋駅に隣接するホテル「JR東日本ホテルメッツ船橋」が開業。
2018
2月28日
Seibu Department Store's Funabashi store closed.
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西武百貨店船橋店が閉店。
2020
3月14日
With the start of express operations on the entire Tobu Noda Line due to a timetable revision, the station became an express stop.
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東武野田線のダイヤ改正に伴う全区間（大宮船橋間）急行運転開始により、当駅は急行停車駅となる。
2020
11月27日
The station-naka share office "STATION BOOTH" opened outside the ticket gates of JR East.
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JR東日本の改札外に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
2021
4月9日
Tobu Railway's regular ticket sales office ended its business.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道の定期券発売所が営業を終了。
2022
1月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2022
4月1日
Ekitabi Concierge began operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅たびコンシェルジュが開業。
2026
JR East will start using platform screen doors with a slit frame on the 1 and 2 platform (Sobu Line Local) at the station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
度：JR東日本の1・2番線（総武線各駅停車）ホームでスリットフレームホームドアの使用を開始（予定）。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1
Down
西船橋 · 秋葉原 · 中野
2
Up
幕張本郷 · 稲毛 · 千葉
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Sobumain Line
Transit
5 min
Moderate
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TD Tobu Urban Park Line
Tobu
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SŌBU LINE (RAPID))
3
Up
錦糸町 · 東京 · 横浜
4
Down
津田沼 · 千葉 · 成田空港
↕ Platforms 3, 4 serve this line
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TD TOBU URBAN PARK LINE)
1・2
柏
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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Sobumain Line
Transit
2 min
Easy
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