History
Keisei-Nishifuna opened on 30 December 1916 as Katsushika Station (葛飾駅), named for the then-Higashi-Katsushika County village in which it stood. The village merged into Funabashi City in 1937, and following the 1967 residential-address overhaul that renamed the surrounding district "Nishifuna" after nearby Nishi-Funabashi Station, the station was renamed Keisei-Nishifuna on 1 April 1987 to avoid confusion with stations in Katsushika Ward of Tokyo. The 1970s saw substantial expansion after striking JNR services drove overflow passengers here from the Tōzai Line; the station building was rebuilt with a new footbridge in 1974, platforms were extended to eight cars in 1999, and Keisei numbering assigned KS20 on 17 July 2010. A station-wide refresh followed in 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When the station was renamed in 1987 over local protests, Keisei agreed to display Funabashi City explanatory plaques recording the older Katsushika name on the Keisei-Ueno-bound platform, and the retired old signage was donated to the neighbouring Funabashi City Katsushika Elementary School.