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Shin-Keisei Line
Line symbol (station number prefix)
An N800 series electric multiple unit in revised livery, March 2015
Overview
LocaleChiba Prefecture, Japan
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s)Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s)Kunugiyama, Tsudanuma
Rolling stock8000, 8800, 8900, N800 series
History
OpenedDecember 27, 1947
Technical
Line length26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed85 km/h (55 mph)*

The Shin-Keisei Line (新京成線, Shin-Keisei-sen) is a railway line in Japan owned by the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Chiba.

Operations

All trains stop at all stations. Most trains operate throughout the line, although during the morning hours, some services terminate at Shin-Tsudanuma. In mornings and nights some trains originate or terminate at Kunugiyama.

Services operate at a frequency of one train every 4 minutes in the morning peak, every 10 minutes during the day, and every 8 minutes in the evening peak. During the daytime, Shin-Keisei runs alternate through trains to Chiba Chūō on the Keisei Chiba Line.

Stations

No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
SL01 Matsudo 松戸 - 0.0 Jōban Line Matsudo
SL02 Kamihongō 上本郷 1.7 1.7  
SL03 Matsudo-Shinden 松戸新田 0.7 2.4  
SL04 Minoridai みのり台 0.6 3.0  
SL05 Yabashira 八柱 0.8 3.8 Musashino Line (Shin-Yahashira Station)
SL06 Tokiwadaira 常盤平 1.8 5.6  
SL07 Gokō 五香 1.8 7.4  
SL08 Motoyama 元山 1.3 8.7  
SL09 Kunugiyama くぬぎ山 0.9 9.6   Kamagaya
SL10 Kita-Hatsutomi 北初富 1.7 11.3  
SL11 Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ヶ谷 0.8 12.1 HS Hokusō Line
KS Narita Sky Access Line
Tobu Noda Line (Tobu Urban Park Line)
SL12 Hatsutomi 初富 1.2 13.3  
SL13 Kamagaya-Daibutsu 鎌ヶ谷大仏 2.1 15.4  
SL14 Futawa-Mukōdai 二和向台 0.9 16.3   Funabashi
SL15 Misaki 三咲 0.8 17.1  
SL16 Takifudō 滝不動 1.4 18.5  
SL17 Takane-Kōdan 高根公団 1.0 19.5  
SL18 Takane-Kido 高根木戸 0.6 20.1  
SL19 Kita-Narashino 北習志野 0.9 21.0 TR Tōyō Rapid Line
SL20 Narashino 習志野 0.7 21.7  
SL21 Yakuendai 薬園台 0.8 22.5  
SL22 Maebara 前原 1.4 23.9  
SL23 Shin-Tsudanuma 新津田沼 1.4 25.3 Sōbu Line (Tsudanuma Station) Narashino
SL24 Keisei-Tsudanuma 京成津田沼 1.2 26.5 KS Keisei Chiba Line (Some inter-running services during the daytime)
KS Keisei Main Line

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.

  • Shin-Keisei 8000 series
    Shin-Keisei 8000 series
  • Shin-Keisei 8800 series in revised livery, September 2014
    Shin-Keisei 8800 series in revised livery, September 2014
  • Shin-Keisei 8900 series in revised livery, September 2014
    Shin-Keisei 8900 series in revised livery, September 2014
  • Shin-Keisei N800 series in revised livery, March 2015
    Shin-Keisei N800 series in revised livery, March 2015

Former

  • Keisei 200 series
    Keisei 200 series
  • Shin-Keisei 800 series
    Shin-Keisei 800 series

History

The line was originally opened in 1929 with a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) for army training purposes, and ceased to be used in 1945.[citation needed]

The line was transferred to the Shin-Keisei Railway, which reopened and electrified at 1,500 V DC (overhead) the first section of the line, 2.5 km from Shin-Tsudanuma to Yakuendai, on 27 December 1947.[2] The Yukuendai - Takifudo section was reopened in 1948, and extended to Hatsutomi the following year.

The reopened sections were regauged to 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) in October 1953, and the entire line was reopened as a single-track line by 21 April 1955.[2] In August 1959, the line was again regauged, this time to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) to match the standard gauge used by Keisei Electric Railway.[2]

The Matsudo to Shin-Tsudanuma section was double-tracked in stages between 1962 and 1975.[citation needed] In December 10, 2006, Shin-Keisei Line began through services to and from Chiba Chūō on the Keisei Chiba Line.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ 歴史年表2000年 - 2009年. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help); templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
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