Funabashi Station is served by the JR East Sōbu Main Line and 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi) from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agency.

What is now the JR East Funabashi Station opened on 20 July 1894.

[4] In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 135,322 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 23rd-busiest station operated by JR East.

[5] The passenger figures for the JR East station for previous years are as shown below.