History
Shin-Chiba Station opened on 24 July 1923 as a Keisei Electric Railway station on the Keisei Chiba Line, in what is now Chūō-ku, Chiba City. Numbering was introduced across the Keisei network on 17 July 2010, when the station became KS58. The narrow upbound platform building long lacked even a ticket-vending machine, with staffed sales handling tickets until automated faregates were installed. A decision to add elevators, a slope, and an accessible toilet was confirmed on 18 May 2023, and a temporary station building on the downbound side opened on 21 September 2024 while the original building is rebuilt; the upbound concourse was closed the same day.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although Shin-Chiba is only about 350 metres from JR Chiba's west exit in a straight line, transfer to Keisei is easier at the adjacent Keisei-Chiba Station, whose facilities are directly connected to JR's complex.