History
Funabashi-Hōten Station opened on 2 October 1978 as a stop on what was then the newly constructed Musashino Line in Funabashi, Chiba. Carrying the working name Kita-Funabashi during construction, the station was originally designed for turning trains and was provisioned with a two-island, three-track layout, of which only one island ultimately entered passenger service; the reserved land north of the station became a permanent-way maintenance base. The station passed to JR East at the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. A JR ticket counter opened in March 1993, Suica acceptance began on 18 November 2001, and the staffed Midori no Madoguchi closed on 7 March 2016.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station was built as the nearest stop to Nakayama Racecourse and connects to the grandstands via a dedicated underground walkway called Nakkii Mall (ナッキーモール) that opens only on race days and off-track-betting days.