Keisei Main Line

Keisei Main Line

Keisei 3700 series EMU on the Keisei Main Line, January 2009
Overview
Native name 京成本線
Type Commuter rail
Locale Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini Keisei Ueno
Narita Airport Terminal 1
Daily ridership 500,121 (FY2010)[1]
Operation
Operator(s) Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s) Sogosando
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary

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

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). All trains call at Keisei Ueno, Nippori, Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 and Narita Airport Terminal 1.
Cityliner (unscheduled)
From Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita. Trains call at Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, and Keisei Narita.
Morningliner
Runs only in the morning. Calls at Narita Airport Terminal 1, Narita Airport Terminal 2·3, Keisei Narita, Keisei Sakura, Yachiyodai, Keisei Funabashi, Aoto, Nippori, and Keisei Ueno.
Eveningliner
Runs only in the evening. Calls at Keisei Ueno, Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, Yachiyodai, Keisei Sakura, Keisei Narita, Narita Airport Terminal 2·3, and Narita Airport Terminal 1.
     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.
     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. Calls at Keisei Ueno, Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Yawata, Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Tsudanuma, Yachiyodai, Katsutadai and Keisei Sakura, Keisei Narita, Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 and Narita Airport Terminal 1. Same as Limited Express except that it doesn't stop at Osakura, Keisei Shisui, Sogosando, and Kozunomori.
     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. Calls at Keisei Ueno, Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Yawata, Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Tsudanuma, Yachiyodai, Katsutadai and Keisei Sakura, then all stations at Osakura, Keisei Shisui, Sogosando, Kozunomori, Keisei Narita, then to Narita Airport or to Higashi-Narita and Shibayama-Chiyoda.
     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. Calls at Limited Express stops west of Katsutadai and local stops east of there.
     Rapid (快速 Kaisoku)
Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda. Calls at Keisei Ueno, Nippori, Senju-Ohashi, Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Koiwa, Keisei Yawata, Higashi Nakayama, Keisei Funabashi, Funabashi Keibajō and Keisei Tsudanuma, then all stations.
     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
Notes
No. Name Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Comm.
Express		 Ltd.
Express

(Red)

 Ltd.
Express

(Green)

 Transfers Location
KS01Keisei Ueno 京成上野 0.0 ● ● ● ● Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita and Hokkaido Shinkansen
Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen
■ Yamanote Line
■ Keihin-Tohoku Line
■ Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line
■■ Joban Line (Ueno Station)
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (Ueno Station)		 Taitō Tokyo
KS02Nippori 日暮里 2.1 ● ● ● ● ■ Yamanote Line
■ Keihin-Tohoku Line
■■ Joban Line (Rapid)
■ Nippori-Toneri Liner		 Arakawa
KS03Shin-Mikawashima 新三河島 3.4 │ │ │ │
KS04Machiya 町屋 4.3 │ │ │ │ Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Toden Arakawa Line (Machiya-ekimae Station)
KS05Senju-Ōhashi 千住大橋 5.9 ● │ │ │ Adachi
KS06Keisei Sekiya 京成関屋 7.3 │ │ │ │ Tobu Skytree Line (Ushida Station)
KS07Horikiri-Shōbuen 堀切菖蒲園 8.8 │ │ │ │ Katsushika
KS08Ohanajaya お花茶屋 9.9 │ │ │ │
KS09Aoto 青砥 11.5 ● ● ● ● Keisei Oshiage Line
KS10Keisei Takasago 京成高砂 12.7 ● ● ● ● Narita Sky Access Line
Keisei Kanamachi Line
Hokuso Line
KS11Keisei Koiwa 京成小岩 14.5 ● │ │ │ Edogawa
KS12Edogawa 江戸川 15.7 │ │ │ │
KS13Kōnodai 国府台 16.4 │ │ │ │ Ichikawa Chiba Prefecture
KS14Ichikawa-Mama 市川真間 17.3 │ │ │ │
KS15Sugano 菅野 18.2 │ │ │ │
KS16Keisei Yawata 京成八幡 19.1 ● ● ● ● ■ Chuo-Sobu Line (Moto-Yawata Station)
Toei Shinjuku Line (Motoyawata Station)
KS17Onigoe 鬼越 20.1 │ │ │ │
KS18Keisei Nakayama 京成中山 20.8 │ │ │ │ Funabashi
KS19Higashi-Nakayama 東中山 21.6 ● │ ◇ │
KS20Keisei Nishifuna 京成西船 22.2 │ │ │ │
KS21Kaijin 海神 23.6 │ │ │ │
KS22Keisei Funabashi 京成船橋 25.1 ● ● ● ● ■ Sobu Line (Rapid)
■ Chuo-Sobu Line (Funabashi Station)
Tobu Urban Park Line (Funabashi Station)
KS23Daijingu-Shita 大神宮下 26.4 │ │ │ │
KS24Funabashi-Keibajō 船橋競馬場 27.2 ● │ │ │
KS25Yatsu 谷津 28.2 │ │ │ │ Narashino
KS26Keisei Tsudanuma 京成津田沼 32.1 ● ● ● ● Keisei Chiba Line
Shin-Keisei Line
KS27Keisei Ōkubo 京成大久保 32.1 ● │ │ │
KS28Mimomi 実籾 34.0 ● │ │ │
KS29Yachiyodai 八千代台 36.6 ● ● ● ● Yachiyo
KS30Keisei Ōwada 京成大和田 38.7 ● │ │ │
KS31Katsutadai 勝田台 40.3 ● ● ● ● Tōyō Rapid Railway Line (Tōyō-Katsutadai Station)
KS32Shizu 志津 42.1 ● ● │ │ Sakura
KS33Yūkarigaoka ユーカリが丘 43.2 ● ● │ │ Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line
KS34Keisei Usui 京成臼井 45.7 ● ● │ │
KS35Keisei Sakura 京成佐倉 51.0 ● ● ● ●
KS36Ōsakura 大佐倉 53.0 ● ● ● │
KS37Keisei Shisui 京成酒々井 55.0 ● ● ● │ Shisui
KS38Sōgosandō 宗吾参道 57.0 ● ● ● │
KS39Kōzunomori 公津の杜 58.6 ● ● ● │ Narita
KS40Keisei Narita 京成成田 61.2 ● ● ● ● Keisei Higashi-Narita Line
KS41Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 空港第2ビル 68.3 ● ● ● ● Narita Sky Access Line
■ Narita Line
KS42Narita Airport Terminal 1 成田空港 69.3 ● ● ● ● Narita Sky Access Line
■ Narita Line

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

See also

References

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

  1. ↑ Keisei station ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Keisei) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
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