Keisei Oshiage Line

Keisei Oshiage Line
Keisei 3500 series EMU on the Oshiage Line, July 2012
Overview
Owner	Keisei Electric Railway
Stations	6
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Technical
Line length	5.7 km (3.5 mi)
Track gauge	1067
Operating speed	95 km/h (60 mph)

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The Keisei Oshiage Line (京成押上線, Keisei-Oshiage-sen) is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by private railway company Keisei Electric Railway. It runs between Oshiage Station in Sumida and Aoto Station in Katsushika.

The tracks terminating at Oshiage Station constituted the original Keisei Line, but once the line from Ueno and Nippori to Aoto came into service, this segment became a short branch and renamed the "Oshiage Line". After opening of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transport (Toei) Line 1 (present Toei Asakusa Line), the line came back to play the main role in the Keisei network, to provide trains from its main line to downtown Tokyo via the Toei line. It has also connections at Oshiage to the Tōbu Isesaki Line and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line. The line is now a de facto main line of Keisei.

The Oshiage Line passes through areas typical of Tokyo's shitamachi ("down town") working-class sections known for their distinctively earthy atmosphere.

Basic data

• Length: 5.7 km (Approx. 3.6 miles)
• Gauge: 1435
• Track: double
• Block system: Automatic
• ATC/ATS: C-ATS

Operation

Rapid services

Together with local trains, the operator offers several types of rapid services.

Rapid Limited Express (快特, Kaitoku) (RL) and Limited Express (特急, Tokkyu) (LE)

LE trains stop at Oshiage and Aoto stations only inside the line. Newly introduced in 2006, RL is bound for Asakusa Line in the morninng, and vice versa in the evening.

Airport Rapid (空港快速, Kūkō-Kaisoku)

Through service on the Keisei Main and Toei Asakusa lines; travels the subway section as a rapid.

Rapid (快速, Kaisoku)

Through service on the Keisei Main Line. Trains of Airport Rapid and Rapid stop at only Oshiage and Aoto stations.

Express (急行, Kyūkō)

Through service on to the Hokusō Line. Trains stop at Oshiage, Hikifune, Tateishi, and Aoto.

Local (各駅停車 or 普通, Kakueki-teisha or Futsū)

Trans stop at all stations along the Oshiage Line.

Stations

Name	Japanese	Distance (km)		Express	Rapid	Airport Rapid	Comm. Express	Ltd. Express	Rapid Ltd. Express	Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Keisei-Oshiage	京成押上	-	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	Toei Asakusa Line Tōbu Isesaki Line Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line	Sumida
Keisei-Hikifune	京成曳舟	1.1	1.1	●	│	│	│	│	│
Yahiro	八広	1.3	2.4	│	│	│	│	│	│
Yotsugi	四ッ木	0.7	3.1	│	│	│	│	│	│		Katsushika
Keisei-Tateishi	京成立石	1.5	4.6	●	│	│	│	│	│
Aoto	青砥	1.1	5.7	●	●	●	●	●	●	Keisei Main Line