Yakuendai Station

Railway station in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

○SL21WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened27 December 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12-27)PassengersFY 201815,229 daily Services

Preceding station	Shin-Keisei			Following station
Narashino SL20 towards Matsudo		Shin-Keisei Line		Maebara SL22 towards Keisei Tsudanuma

Location
Yakuendai Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Yakuendai Station Yakuendai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yakuendai Station (薬園台駅, Yakuendai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway.

Lines

Yakuendai Station is served by the Shin-Keisei Line, and is located 22.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsudo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform, with an elevated station building.

Platforms

1	SL Shin-Keisei Line	for Shin-Tsudanuma and Keisei-Tsudanuma KS Keisei Chiba Line for Chiba-Chūō
2	SL Shin-Keisei Line	for Kita-Narashino, Shin-Kamagaya, Yabashira, and Matsudo

History

Yakuendai Station was opened on 27 December 1947. The station relocated to its present location and a new station building was completed by 29 July 2000.

Future plans

Effective April 2025, the station is to come under the aegis of Keisei Electric Railway as the result of the buyout of the Shin-Keisei Railway.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 15,229 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

Funabashi Municipal Nanabayashi Junior High School
Funabashi City Hasama Elementary School
Funabashi Municipal Nanabayashi Elementary School

References

^ "京成電鉄、新京成電鉄を吸収合併へ2025年4月現在の路線・駅は維持する方針" [Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway in April 2025; Plans made to maintain current routes and stations]. Chiba Nippo (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "新京成電鉄、解散・消滅へ - 京成電鉄が吸収合併、2025年実施予定" [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway to dissolve and disappear - Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the railway in the merger, scheduled to take place in 2025]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ 千葉県統計年鑑(平成31年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.