Keisei Electric Railway

Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd.
Native name	京成電鉄株式会社
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 9009
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	June 30, 1909
Headquarters	Yawata, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Key people	Tsutomu Hanada (President)
Number of employees	1,872 (2005)
Subsidiaries	Keisei Bus ; Shin-Keisei Electric Railway ; Hokuso Railway
Website	www.keisei.co.jp

The Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (京成電鉄株式会社, Keisei Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) (branded as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) and 成 from Narita (成田, Narita), which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and the eastern suburb cities of Funabashi, Narashino, Yachiyo, and Sakura. Keisei runs an airport express train called the Skyliner from Ueno and Nippori to Narita International Airport.

In addition to its railway business, the Keisei Electric Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services and some real estate holdings. It owns a large share of the Oriental Land Company which owns and manages the Tokyo Disney Resort.

History

Keisei was founded on June 30, 1909 and began services on November 3, 1912, initially operating local train service in eastern Tokyo. Its main line reached Narita in 1930 and Ueno in 1933.

Originally a narrow gauge (1,372 mm or 4 ft 6 in Scotch gauge) operator, Keisei converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 1959. In 1960, Keisei began through service with the Toei Asakusa Line, the first interline through service arrangement in Japan.

Skyliner service began in 1973 and started serving the airport in 1978, when the first Narita Airport Station opened (today's Higashi-Narita station). A new underground station was opened in 1991 to provide a more direct connection to terminal 1, and in 1992 service began to terminal 2. On July 17, 2010, Skyliner switched its route to the newly built Narita Sky Access and reduced the travel time by 15 minutes.

Lines

Keisei operates 152.8 km of railway which consists of one trunk line named the Main Line and six branchlines.

Line name	Japanese	Endpoints	Distance (km)	Type¹
Main Line	本線	Keisei-Ueno – Komaino Junction	67.2	1
Main Line	本線	Komaino Junction – Narita Airport Terminal 1	2.1	2
Oshiage Line	押上線	Oshiage – Aoto	5.7	1
Chiba Line	千葉線	Keisei-Tsudanuma – Chiba Chūō	12.9	1
Chihara Line	千原線	Chiba Chūō – Chiharadai	10.9	1
Higashi-Narita Line	東成田線	Keisei-Narita – Higashi-narita	7.1	1
Kanamachi Line	金町線	Keisei-Takasago – Keisei-Kanamachi	2.5	1
Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access)	成田空港線	Keisei-Takasago – Narita Airport Terminal 1	51.4	2
Overlap		Keisei-Narita – Komaino Junction²	(6.0)	1
Overlap		Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 – Narita Airport Terminal 1³	(1.0)	2
Total			152.8
Projected lines
(Chihara Line extension)		Chiharadai – Amaariki	8.2	1

Legend

"Type" indicates the type of railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. Type 1 operator owns and operates the railway while Type 2 operator operates but does not owns the railway.
This section is shared by the Main Line and the Higashi-Narita Line.
This section is shared by the Main Line and the Narita Airport Line.

Subsidiaries

Keisei Group includes:

Shin-Keisei Electric Railway (Shin-Keisei Line)
Chiba New Town Railway
Hokusō Railway (Hokusō Line)
Kantō Railway
Kashima Railway Company (Kashima Railway Line)
Kominato Railway (Kominato Line)
Maihama Resort Line (Disney Resort Line)
Narita Airport Rapid Railway (Owner of a part of Narita Sky Access tracks)
Nokogiriyama Ropeway
The Oriental Land Company
Tsukuba Kankō Railway (Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car and Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway)

Companies related to Keisei, although not a group member:

Rolling stock

Limited express

AE series (since 2010)
AE100 series (since 1990)

AE series
AE100 series

Commuter

3000 series (since 2003)
3050 series (since 2010)
3400 series (since 1993)
3500 series (since 1972)
3600 series (since 1982)
3700 series (since 1991)

3000 series
3050 series
3400 series
3500 series
3600 series
3700 series

Former

Limited express

1500 series (1941-1987)
1600 series (1953-1981)
AE series (1973-1993)

AE series

Commuter

1 series (1912-1927)
20 series (1921-1971)
33/39/45 series (1923-1978)
300 series (1955-1982)
100/126 series (1926-1987)
200/210/220/500/510 series (1931-1990)
210/2000/2100 series (1932-1985)
700/2200 series (1954-1982)
750/2250 series (1954-1973)
1100 series (1941-1987)
1500 series (1941-1987)
2000 series (1948-1990)
3000 series (1958-1991)
3050 series (1959-1995)
3100 series (1960-1998)
3150 series (1963-2001)
3200 series (1964-2007)
3300 series (1968-2015)

3200 series
3300 series

External links

v t e Keisei Group
Keisei lines	Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Main Narita Airport (Narita Sky Access) Oshiage
Related lines	Toei Asakusa Line Hokusō Jōsō Kashima (closed) Kominato Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway Nokogiriyama Ropeway Ryūgasaki Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid
Major stations	Keisei Ueno Nippori Aoto Keisei Funabashi Keisei Narita Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Narita Airport Terminal 1 Oshiage Keisei Chiba
Related companies	Chiba New Town Railway Hokusō Railway Kantō Railway Kashima Railway (defunct) Kominato Railway Maihama Resort Line Shibayama Railway Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Tōyō Rapid Railway Tsukuba Kankō Railway

v t e Major and semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region	Keikyu Corporation Keio Corporation Keisei Electric Railway Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) Seibu Railway Tobu Railway Tokyo Metro^‡ Tokyu Corporation Shin-Keisei Electric Railway^§
Chūbu region	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) Kintetsu Railway
Kinki region	Hankyu Corporation Hanshin Electric Railway Keihan Electric Railway Kintetsu Railway Nankai Electric Railway Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway^‡^§ Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway^§ Osaka Metro^‡* Semboku Rapid Railway^§ Sanyō Electric Railway^§
Kyūshū region	Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu)
^‡ indicates rapid transit operators ^§ indicates semi-major rail operators ^*Not a member of Associations of Private Japanese Railways, therefore excluded under the formal Japanese definition, although its comparable size is undisputed

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JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	JY Yamanote JK Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi JB Chūō-Sōbu Local JC Chūō Rapid JO Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid JU Utsunomiya & Takasaki - JT Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo JA Saikyo JS Shonan–Shinjuku JJ Jōban Rapid JL Jōban Local JE Keiyō
Tokyo Metro lines	C Chiyoda F Fukutoshin G Ginza H Hibiya M Marunouchi N Namboku T Tōzai Y Yūrakuchō Z Hanzōmon
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Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibuen Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino JR Link Line Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tōkyū Railways	DT Den-en-toshi IK Ikegami MG Meguro OM Ōimachi TM Tamagawa TY Tōyoko KD Kodomonokuni SH Shin-Yokohama
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Trams	Enoden SG Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside NT Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Jōmō Line Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line Watarase Keikoku Line Yagan Railway Mooka Line Minato Line Ōarai Kashima Line Chōshi Electric Railway Line Isumi Line Kominato Line
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Bus services and hubs	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal (& Bus) Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Shin-Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
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