Keisei Kanamachi Line

Keisei Kanamachi Line
Kanamachi Line train
Overview
Termini	Keisei-Takasago Keisei Kanamachi
Stations	3
Operation
Opened	21 October 1913
Owner	Keisei Electric Railway
Technical
Line length	2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	160 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed	85 km/h (55 mph)

Keisei Kanamachi Line (京成金町線 Keisei-Kanamachi sen) is a 2.5 km railway line in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Keisei Electric Railway. The line services visitors to the Shibamata Taishakuten, a Buddhist temple founded in 1629, as well as the surrounding suburbs.

History

The first railway on this alignment was a 610mm gauge human powered line opened in 1899. It had 64 carriages, each seating six passengers and pushed by one person.

The Keisei company acquired the line in 1912 and rebuilt it as an electrified 1372mm gauge line. The line was regauged to 1435mm in 1959.

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
KS10	Keisei-Takasago	京成高砂	-	0.0	Keisei Main Line	Katsushika, Tokyo
KS50	Shibamata	柴又	1.0	1.0
KS51	Keisei-Kanamachi	京成金町	1.5	2.5

History

The line opened on 21 October 1913, initially running from Shibata Station to Kanamachi Station (present-day Keisei Kanamachi).^[1]

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.