Keisei Main Line
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![]() A Keisei 3700 series EMU on the Keisei Main Line in January 2009 | |
Overview | |
Native name | 京成本線 |
Locale | Tokyo, Chiba prefectures |
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Service | |
Type | Commuter rail |
Operator(s) | Keisei Electric Railway |
Depot(s) | Sogosando |
Daily ridership | 500,121 (FY2010)[1] |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary |
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The Keisei Main Line (京成本線, Keisei Honsen) is a railway line of Japanese private railway company Keisei Electric Railway connecting Tokyo and Narita, Japan. It is the main line of Keisei's railway network. Built as an interurban between Tokyo and Narita in early 20th century, the line has served as a main access route to Narita International Airport since 1978. It also serves major cities along the line such as Funabashi, Narashino, and Sakura.
In 2010, the Narita Sky Access opened as a bypass of the line, reducing the role of the main line in the airport access.
Service patterns
- S = Skyliner
- The airport access train connecting Keisei Ueno and Narita Airport Terminal 1 runs on the Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei Takasago. Between Keisei Takasago and Narita Airport Terminal 1, it runs on the Narita Sky Access Line. Runs the entire length of the route in 44 minutes (36 minutes from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3).
- Cityliner (unscheduled)
- From Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita. Trains call at Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, and Keisei Narita.
- M = Morningliner
- Runs only in the morning from Narita Airport Terminal 1 and Keisei Narita to Keisei Ueno.
- E = Eveningliner
- Runs only in the evening from Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita and Narita Airport Terminal 1.
- A = Access Express (アクセス特急, Akusesu Tokkyū)
- Non-charged. Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1, via the Narita Sky Access Line between Keisei Takasago and Narita Airport Terminal 1.
- L = Limited Express (快速特急, Kaisoku Tokkyū)
- Non-charged. Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1. Runs during morning and evening times only. Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Hokusō, Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda.
- L = Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
- Non-charged. Runs only from the late morning to the early evening. Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Hokusō, Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda.
- C = Commuter Express (通勤特急, Tsūkin Tokkyū)
- Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda. Runs only in the morning and evenings.
- R = Rapid (快速, Kaisoku)
- Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda.
- Local (普通, Futsū)
- Sometimes called interchangeably as Kakueki-Teisha (各駅停車).
No Express (急行, Kyūkō) trains run on the Keisei Main Line from the timetable revision on July 17, 2010. Until the revision, it ran only between Aoto and Takasago on through services to other Keisei lines.
Stations
- Legend
- ● : All trains stop
- │ : All trains pass
- ◇ : Some limited express trains stop when horse racing is held in Nakayama Racecourse.
- Notes
- Local trains stop at every station.
No. | Name | Japanese | Distance (km) |
R | C | L | A | L | M/E | S | Transfers | Location | |
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KS01 | Keisei Ueno | 京成上野 | 0.0 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
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Taitō | Tokyo |
KS02 | Nippori | 日暮里 | 2.1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
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Arakawa | |
KS03 | Shim-Mikawashima | 新三河島 | 3.4 | │ | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | | |||
KS04 | Machiya | 町屋 | 4.3 | │ | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | |
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KS05 | Senjuōhashi | 千住大橋 | 5.9 | ● | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | | Adachi | ||
KS06 | Keisei Sekiya | 京成関屋 | 7.3 | │ | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | | TS Tobu Skytree Line (Ushida Station: TS08) | ||
KS07 | Horikirishōbuen | 堀切菖蒲園 | 8.8 | │ | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | | Katsushika | ||
KS08 | Ohanajaya | お花茶屋 | 9.9 | │ | │ | │ | | | │ | │ | | | |||
KS09 | Aoto | 青砥 | 11.5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | KS Keisei Oshiage Line | ||
KS10 | Keisei Takasago | 京成高砂 | 12.7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | │ | | | |||
KS11 | Keisei Koiwa | 京成小岩 | 14.5 | ● | │ | │ | Narita Sky Access Line | │ | │ | Narita Sky Access Line | Edogawa | ||
KS12 | Edogawa | 江戸川 | 15.7 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS13 | Kōnodai | 国府台 | 16.4 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | Ichikawa | Chiba Prefecture | |||
KS14 | Ichikawamama | 市川真間 | 17.3 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS15 | Sugano | 菅野 | 18.2 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS16 | Keisei Yawata | 京成八幡 | 19.1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | │ | S Toei Shinjuku Line (Motoyawata Station: S-21) | ||||
KS17 | Onigoe | 鬼越 | 20.1 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS18 | Keisei Nakayama | 京成中山 | 20.8 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | Funabashi | ||||
KS19 | Higashi-Nakayama | 東中山 | 21.6 | ● | │ | ◇ | │ | │ | |||||
KS20 | Keisei Nishifuna | 京成西船 | 22.2 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS21 | Kaijin | 海神 | 23.6 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS22 | Keisei Funabashi | 京成船橋 | 25.1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
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KS23 | Daijingūshita | 大神宮下 | 26.4 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS24 | Funabashikeibajō | 船橋競馬場 | 27.2 | ● | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS25 | Yatsu | 谷津 | 28.2 | │ | │ | │ | │ | │ | Narashino | ||||
KS26 | Keisei Tsudanuma | 京成津田沼 | 32.1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | │ |
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KS27 | Keisei Ōkubo | 京成大久保 | 32.1 | ● | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS28 | Mimomi | 実籾 | 34.0 | ● | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS29 | Yachiyodai | 八千代台 | 36.6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | Yachiyo | ||||
KS30 | Keisei Ōwada | 京成大和田 | 38.7 | ● | │ | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS31 | Katsutadai | 勝田台 | 40.3 | ● | ● | ● | ● | │ | TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line (Tōyō-Katsutadai Station: TR09) | ||||
KS32 | Shizu | 志津 | 42.1 | ● | ● | │ | │ | │ | Sakura | ||||
KS33 | Yūkarigaoka | ユーカリが丘 | 43.2 | ● | ● | │ | │ | │ | Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line | ||||
KS34 | Keisei Usui | 京成臼井 | 45.7 | ● | ● | │ | │ | │ | |||||
KS35 | Keisei Sakura | 京成佐倉 | 51.0 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
KS36 | Ōsakura | 大佐倉 | 53.0 | ● | ● | ● | │ | │ | |||||
KS37 | Keisei Shisui | 京成酒々井 | 55.0 | ● | ● | ● | │ | │ | Shisui | ||||
KS38 | Sōgosandō | 宗吾参道 | 57.0 | ● | ● | ● | │ | │ | |||||
KS39 | Kōzunomori | 公津の杜 | 58.6 | ● | ● | ● | │ | │ | Narita | ||||
KS40 | Keisei Narita | 京成成田 | 61.2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
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KS41 | Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 | 空港第2ビル | 68.3 | ● | ● | ● | ●[Note 1] | ● | ● | ●[Note 1] |
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KS42 | Narita Airport Terminal 1 | 成田空港 | 69.3 | ● | ● | ● | ●[Note 1] | ● | ● | ●[Note 1] |
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History
All sections opened as electrified dual track unless noted otherwise. The initial section opened between Takasago and Edogawa as 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge in 1912, and the line was progressively extended in both directions, reaching Narita in 1930 and Ueno in 1933.
In 1959 the line was regauged to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in), and extended to Narita Airport (now Terminal 2) in 1978. The extension to Terminal 1 was opened as a single track in 1992.
Former connecting lines
- Funabashi-Keibajō Station: A 1 km 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge line electrified at 600 V DC opened to the Yatsu amusement park in 1927, the voltage being raised to 1,200 V DC the following year. The line closed in 1934.[citation needed]
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
- "Guide on stops" (PDF). Keisei Electric Railway. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Keisei station ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Keisei) Retrieved May 28, 2012.