Higashi-Chiba

Weekday departures: 73/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 73/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:35 / 23:52

Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (6)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 5 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Sobu Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• Sobu Main Line: Chiba

Higashi-Chiba Station opened on 20 December 1965 as a Japanese National Railways station on the Sōbu Main Line in Chūō-ku, Chiba City. It was built at the Chōshi end of the former Chiba Station site, after that station was relocated 0.8 kilometres toward Nishi-Chiba to eliminate a switchback configuration in April 1963. The station passed to JR East on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. An automatic ticket gate began service on 27 June 1995, Suica acceptance was added on 18 November 2001, and elevators were installed at the south exit on 18 March 2008 and the north exit on 25 December 2008. The station building suffered roof damage from Typhoon Faxai on 9 September 2019.

Although the platforms can accommodate ten-car formations, the two cars at the Sakura end are not used by regular trains; Sōbu Rapid Line and Yokosuka Line through-services pass without stopping.