page_title: Chiba Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chiba Station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Chiba Station in the late Meiji period 日本語: 千葉停車場 明治40年代
context_page_description: Chiba Station is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Chiba Urban Monorail.
context_section_description: The station opened on 20 July 1894.
  The present station building was built in 1963. Rebuilding work is scheduled to start in January 2010, with the new station building opening in fiscal 2015.
caption: Chiba Station circa 1900
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