Maihama Station

JE07
Maihama Station

舞浜駅
Station building, February 2012
General information
LocationMaihama, Urayasu, Chiba
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)JE Keiyō Line
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus terminal
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station codeJE07
History
Opened1 December 1988
Passengers
FY201376,495 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Shin-Kiba
JE05
towards Tokyo
Keiyō Line
Rapid
Shin-Urayasu
JE08
towards Soga
Kasai-Rinkai Park
JE06
towards Tokyo
Keiyō Line
Local
Musashino Line
Keiyō Line through-service
Shin-Urayasu
JE08

Maihama Station (舞浜駅, Maihama-eki) is a railway station in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1] It is most well known for being the main railway access point for Tokyo Disney Resort.

Lines

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The station is served by the Keiyō Line from Tokyo, and also by Musashino Line services to and from Fuchūhommachi.

Station layout

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View of the platforms, September 2017

The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1] The station consists of a single elevated platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

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1 JE Keiyō Line for Kaihimmakuhari, Soga, Kimitsu, and Kazusa-Ichinomiya
JM Musashino Line through service for Nishi-Funabashi and Shim-Matsudo
2 JE Keiyō Line for Shin-Kiba and Tokyo

Disney Resort Line

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Resort Gateway Station of the Disney Resort Line is a short walk away outside the station.

History

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The station opened on 1 December 1988.[1]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Maihama being assigned station number JE07.[2][3]

The platforms were extended by a total of about 90 meters in January 2021 with work starting in April 2020.[4] The platform extension will open for service on 29 January 2022. In the new configuration, trains will be stopping towards the back of the platform relative to their direction.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 76,495 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 58th-busiest station operated by JR East.[5] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
1999 41,177[6]
2000 49,760[7]
2001 59,793[8]
2002 60,575[9]
2003 62,812[10]
2004 63,056[11]
2005 62,520[12]
2006 64,114[13]
2007 64,789[14]
2008 68,768[15]
2009 66,502[16]
2010 64,628[17]
2011 63,898[18]
2012 68,751[19]
2013 76,495[5]

Bus routes

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There is a bus terminal in front of the station.

Bus stop NO. Via Destination Company Note
1 [12]
Urayasu Station (Chiba) Tokyo Bay City Bus
[25]
  • Takasu Kaihin Koen
  • Bay Park
Sogo Koen
[37] Non stop Tokyo DisneySea
2 [2] Shin-Urayasu Station Urayasu Station (Chiba)
[4] Horie-higashi
[8]
[14]
  • Benten
  • Tomioka
Shin-Urayasu Station
[23] Nozomi no Machi Sogo Koen
3 [6] Tokaidai Urayasu High School Urayasu Station (Chiba)
[9] Fujimi 3chome
[37] Toyouke Jinja Minami-Gyotoku Station
4 [20](circular-route)
Maihama Station
Osampo Bus Maihama Line
[20]
Shin-Urayasu Station

Tokyo Disneyland Bus Terminal

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It takes about 5 minutes from Maihama Station to the bus terminal.

The terminal which are named Bus Terminal East and Bus Terminal West. Bus Terminal East is located near the entrance of Tokyo Disneyland and Maihama Station, and is chiefly used by bus companies of Keisei Group, which are Keisei Bus and Tokyo Bay City Bus and Keisei Transit Bus, is passed through by bus routes which are bound for vicinities, highway buses and airport buses which are bound for Haneda Airport and Narita Airport in additional to shuttle buses[21] which are bound for Tokyo Disney resort partner hotels operated by Daishinto and Keisei Transit Bus. Besides, Bus Terminal WEST' is located west of main entrance. And, the terminal's arrivals and departures are shuttle buses[22] which are bound for Tokyo Disney resort good neighbor hotels and night buses which are bound for distant places and reservation buses.[23]

Bus Terminal East
Bus stop NO. Via Destination Company Note
1 Shinjuku-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Non stop Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Keisei Bus
JR Bus Kanto
Chofu-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Non stop Chofu Station (Tokyo) Keio Bus
Keisei Transit Bus
Kichijoji-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Non stop Kichijoji Station Kanto Bus
Seibu Bus
Keisei Transit Bus
Keisei Bus
Musashi-Urawa·Ikebukuro - Tokyo Disney Resort Line Ikebukuro Station Musashi-Urawa Station Keisei Bus
Keisei Transit Bus
Kokusai Kogyo Bus
2 Yokohama-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Non stop Yokohama Station Keisei Bus
Keihin Kyuko Bus
3 Disney Resort Cruiser Non stop Disney Ambassador Hotel Keisei Transit Bus
4 Shuttle bus Non stop Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel Keisei Transit Bus
5 Disney Resort Cruiser Non stop Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel First Resort Keisei Transit Bus
6 Shuttle bus Non stop Mitsui Garden Hotel Prana Tokyo Bay Keisei Transit Bus
Non stop Hotel Emion Tokyo Bay Keisei Transit Bus
7 Shuttle bus Non stop Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay Keisei Transit Bus
Non stop Urayasu Brighton Hotel Keisei Transit Bus
8 Narita Airport Line Non stop Narita Airport Airport Transport Service
Tokyo Bay City Bus
Chiba Kotsu
Haneda Airport Line Non stop Haneda Airport Keisei Bus
Airport Transport Service
Keihin Kyuko Bus
Tokyo Bay City Bus
9 Tokyo Disney Resort-Tsukuba·Tsuchiura Line Tsukuba Station Tsuchiura Station Kanto Railway
Tokyo Disney Resort-Kashimajingu Line Suigō-Itako Bus Terminal Kashima-Jingu Station
Tokyo Disney Resort-Mito Line Ishioka Station·Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki) Mito Station (Ibaraki)
Tokyo Disney Resort-Hitachi Line Shintanakauchi·Hitachi-Taga Station Hitachi Station Ibaraki Kotsu
Keisei Transit Bus
Tokyo Disney Resort-Iwaki Line Kita-Ibaraki IC Iwaki Station (Fukushima) Shinjoban Kotsu
Keisei Transit Bus
Tokyo Disney Resort-Ryuo Line Kofu Station Ryuo Station Chiba Kotsu
Tokyo Disney Resort-Kawagoe Line Omiya Station (Saitama)·Kawagoe Station Honkawagoe Station Tobu Bus West
Keisei Transit Bus
10 Narita Airport Line Kamata Station (Tokyo) Kawasaki Station Keihin Kyuko Bus
Keisei Bus
Haneda Airport Line Non stop Tama Plaza Station Keisei Bus
Tokyu Bus
11 Skytree Shuttle Kinshicho Station Tokyo Skytree Keisei Bus
Tobu Bus Central
Akihabara-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Tokyo Station Akihabara Station Keisei Bus
JR Bus Kanto
Tokyo Bay City Bus
Matsudo-Tokyo Disney Resort Line Non stop Matsudo Station Keisei Bus
Matsudo Shinkeisei Bus
12 [4] Maihama Station·Oriental Land Urayasu Station (Chiba) Tokyo Bay City Bus
[8] Maihama Station·Oriental Land·Tokyo DisneySea
Shuttle Seven[SS07]·[SS08]·[SS09] Non stop Tokyo DisneySea Keisei Bus
Shuttle Seven[SS07] Kasai-Rinkai Park Station·Kasai Station·Ichinoe Station Koiwa Station
Shuttle Seven[SS08] Kasai-Rinkai Park Station·Kasai Station·Ichinoe Station·Aoto Station Kameari Station
Limited Express[SS09] Kasai Station·Ichinoe Station Shin-Koiwa Station
13 Parking Shuttle Non stop Extra parking area Keisei Bus Operated when the extra parking area is used.
Bus Terminal West - Bus stop No.18 ~ No. 22 - All bus routes are night buses
NO. Via Destination Company Note
Dream Aomori·Tokyo Non stop Aomori Station JR Bus Tohoku
Dream Akita·Tokyo Akita Station·Akita University Akita Port Tower Serion JR Bus Tohoku
Dream Morioka Non stop Morioka Station JR Bus Tohoku
Dream Sendai/Polar Star Non stop Sendai Station (Miyagi) JR Bus Tohoku
Narita Airport Transport
Dream Sakuranbo Yamagata Prefectural Hall Yamagata Station JR Bus Tohoku
Yuuhi Amarume Station·Tsuruoka Station Sakata Station (Yamagata) Kokusai Kogyo
Shonai Kotsu
Dream Fukushima·Tokyo Koriyama Station (Fukushima) Fukushima Station (Fukushima) JR Bus Tohoku
Yumekaido Aizu Inawashiro Station Aizu Wakamatsu Station JR Bus Kanto
Nagano Line Matsumoto Station(Matsumoto Bus Terminal) Nagano Station Narita Airport transport
Alpico Kotsu
Yokohama E-liner Kakegawa Station·Iwata Station (Shizuoka) Hamamatsu Station Enshu Bus
Dream Chita Chiryu Station·Kariya Station Otagawa Station JR Bus Kanto
JR Tokai Bus
Fantasia Nagoya Nagoya Inter Bus stop·Hoshigaoka Station (Aichi)·Motoyama Station (Aichi)·Chikusa Station·Sakae Station (Aichi) Nagoya Station Keisei Bus
JR Tokai Bus
Seishun Dream Fukui Tsuruga Station·Takefu Station·Sabae Station Fukui Station (Fukui) JR Bus Kanto
Seishun Dream Kanazawa Toyama Station·Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Institute of Technology West JR Bus
Nara Line Tenri Station·Nara Station·Oji Station (Nara) Goido Station Keisei Bus
Nara Kotsu
Dream Kyoto Station·Nara Station Oji Station (Nara) JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Kyoto Line Otsu Station Kyoto Station Chiba Chuo Bus
Dream Osaka Station O-CAT Tennoji Station JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Dream Osaka Station Sannomiya Station JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Kobe Line Osaka-Umeda Station Kobe-Sannomiya Station Keisei Bus
Hankyu Bus
South Wave Sakaihigashi Station·Sakai Station·Izumigaoka Station·Wakayama Station Wakayamashi Station Wakayama Bus
Narita Airport Transport
Dream Matsuyama Matsuyama Station (Ehime) JR Bus Matuyama office JR Bus Kanto
JR Shikoku Bus
Dream Takamatsu Takamatsu Station (Kagawa) Kannonji Station JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Dream Anan·Tokushima Tokushima Station Anan Station JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Dream Kochi Tokushima Station·Kochi Station (Kochi) Harimaya-bashi JR Bus Kanto
West JR Bus
Flying Liner/Flying Sneaker Kyoto Station·Osaka Station Abenobashi Station TOHOKU KYUKO BUS
Kintetsu Bus
Mamakari Liner Okayama Station Kurashiki Station TOHOKU KYUKO BUS
Ryobi Bus
No.23~25 - Shuttle buses which are bound for TOKYO DISNEY RESORT GOOD NEIGHBOR HOTEL
Bus stop NO. Via Destination Company Note
23 Shuttle buses Non stop Tobu Hotel Levant Tokyo
Hotel East 21
Daiichi Hotel Ryogoku
24 Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington
Hptel New Otani Makuhari
Keio Plaza Hotel
25 Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba
Hilton Tokyo Odaiba
Sotetsu Grand Fresa Tokyo Bay Ariake
Keisei Miramare

No.26~28

Reservation Buses[clarification needed]
  • The bus routes run when busy season and people reserve.

Surrounding area

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The station is the main access point of Tokyo Disney Resort. The park gate of Tokyo Disneyland is located a short walk from the station while the Resort Gateway Station of the Disney Resort Line monorail line and the Ikspiari shopping complex are located directly beside the Maihama station gates.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 各駅情報(舞浜駅) [Station Information (Maihama Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "京葉線 舞浜駅のホーム延伸部の供用を1月29日から開始|鉄道ニュース|2022年1月3日掲載|鉄道ファン・railf.jp". railf.jp (in Japanese). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (1999年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  8. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2001年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  9. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2002年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  10. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2003年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  11. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2004年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  12. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  13. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2006年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  14. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  15. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2008年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  16. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2009年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  17. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  18. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  19. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  20. ^ Passengers are able to transfer onto Osampo Bus Iryo Center Line which is bound to Tokyo Bay Medical Center via Urayasu Station (Chiba).
  21. ^ Only guests ride on the buses
  22. ^ Only guests ride on the buses and they have to reserve the seats, or you cannot ride on the buses
  23. ^ Access
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35°38′10.35″N 139°53′01.54″E / 35.6362083°N 139.8837611°E / 35.6362083; 139.8837611