Hon-Chiba Station (本千葉駅) is an elevated station in Chiba city. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Sotobō Line and the Uchibō Line. It opened on 25 February 1896 as Samukawa Station.
History
Samukawa Station opened on 25 February 1896 as a station of the Bōsō Railway (房総鉄道), when its line from Chiba to Sogo opened. It was near what is now Keisei Chiba-Chūō Station. It handled passengers and freight. On 28 January 1902 it was renamed Hon-Chiba Station. On 1 September 1907 the Bōsō Railway was bought under the Railway Nationalisation Act, and the station became a station of the Imperial Railways Agency. On 7 July 1945 the station was damaged in the Chiba air raid. On 1 February 1958 the station moved to its present site, as part of Chiba city's wartime reconstruction work.
On 15 July 1960 the section from Hon-Chiba to Sogo was made double-track. On 28 April 1963 the section from Chiba to Hon-Chiba was made double-track. On 13 July 1968 the line from Chiba through Hon-Chiba to Kisarazu was electrified. Work to raise the track began in December 1980. The up line was raised in December 1983. On 26 May 1986 the down line was raised too, and the station became an elevated station. On 1 April 1987 the national railway was split up, and the station became part of JR East.
Automatic ticket gates started on 3 December 1994. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001. In December 2010 the platforms were extended for long trains, and the station became a stop for through rapid trains on the Sōbu Line. The Midori no Madoguchi counter closed on 1 March 2016. On 10 December 2019 station duties were contracted out.
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