Mabashi Station

Mabashi Station (馬橋駅, Mabashi-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Ryūtetsu.

JL24 Mabashi Station 馬橋駅
The Ryutetsu platforms at Mabashi Station, December 2007
Location	Mabashi, Matsudo, Chiba Japan
Operated by	JR East Ryūtetsu
Line(s)	JL Jōban Line (Local) Nagareyama Line
Other information
Station code	JL24 (Jōban Line)
History
Opened	1898
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kita-Matsudo JL23 toward Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Shim-Matsudo JL25 toward Toride Preceding station Ryutetsu Following station Kōya toward Nagareyama Nagareyama Line Terminus

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 Ryūtetsu Nagareyama Line.

Station layout

Mabashi Station has two island platforms, one each for the Jōban Line and the Nagareyama Line.

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.

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)