Keisei Narita Airport Line

Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access Line)
Keisei AE series EMU on a Skyliner limited express services on the Narita Airport Line, June 2010
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini	Keisei-Takasago Narita Airport Terminal 1
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	2010
Owner	Keisei Electric Railway
Operator(s)	Keisei Electric Railway
Rolling stock	Keisei 3000 series, Keisei 3050 series, Keisei 3700 series, Keisei AE series, Keikyu 600 series, Keikyu N1000 series
Technical
Line length	51.4 km (31.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)

The Keisei Narita Airport Line (京成成田空港線, Keisei-Narita-Kūkō-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded Narita Sky Access (成田スカイアクセス, Narita-sukai-akusesu).

The Keisei Electric Railway operates over the entire line, while other companies operate over certain sections of it, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner services operating at up to 160 km/h using new Keisei AE series EMUs.

Narita International Airport Corporation owns a 63.74% majority stake in Shibayama Railway as of July 2009.^[1]

History

The Keisei Narita Airport Line in relation to existing tracks

Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010. The line involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km of new dual track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.^[2]

Operations

Trains utilize the Keisei Electric Railway's Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h, thus completing the run from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 in a minimum of 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes. The reserved-seat Keisei Skyliner fare for the route between Narita airport and either Nippori or Ueno stations is ¥2,400 and takes 36-41 min., but the Access Express commuter fast train costs ¥1,200 and takes about 78 min.^[3]^[4] Express trains also operate to Haneda Airport from Narita Airport via Keisei-Takasago and Aoto then via the Keisei Oshiage Line to Oshiage, and on the Toei Asakusa Line via Shimbashi to Sengakuji, the Keikyu Main Line and via Shinagawa to the Keikyu Airport Line. This makes it possible to connect the two airports in a minimum of around 65 minutes, compared to the previous minimum of 106 minutes.^[5] Many Express trains separate (or connect) at Aoto station and continue to the Keikyu Haneda International Airport station (¥1,630, about 76 min.) or one can transfer at Shinagawa (on the way to Haneda) to stay on the Keikyu Main Line for Yokohama (¥1,630, about 101 min.).

There are also plans to build a spur from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via the Keisei Oshiage Line.

Basic data

Total length: 51.4 km (31.9 mi)
Service operators and track owners:^{[* 1]}

Station	Keisei-Takasago	Komuro		Inba-Nihon-Idai		(Tsuchiya)		Narita Airport Terminal 2·3		Narita Airport Terminal 1
Operating carrier	Keisei Electric Railway (Category 2)
Operating carrier	Hokusō Railway (Category 1)		Hokusō Railway (Category 2)				East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Category 2)
Owner	Hokusō Railway (Category 1)		Chiba New Town Railway (Category 3)		Narita Rapid Rail Access (Category 3)		Narita Airport Rapid Railway (Category 3)
Tracks	Existing				New Section				Existing

↑ Descriptions of the various categories are available at Rail transport in Japan.

Station list

Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".^[6]

No.	Station	Japanese	Access Express	Skyliner	Transfers	Location
KS10	Keisei-Takasago	京成高砂	●	｜	Keisei Main Line	Katsushika	Tokyo
HS05	Higashi-Matsudo	東松戸	●	｜	Musashino Line	Matsudo	Chiba
HS08	Shin-Kamagaya	新鎌ヶ谷	●	｜	Shin-Keisei Line Tobu Urban Park Line	Kamagaya
HS12	Chiba New Town Chūō	千葉ニュータウン中央	●	｜	Hokusō Line	Inzai
HS14	Inba-Nihon-Idai	印旛日本医大	●	｜	Hokusō Line	Inzai
KS43	Narita Yukawa	成田湯川	●	｜		Narita
KS41	Narita Airport Terminal 2·3	空港第2ビル	●	●	Narita Line (Airport branch) Keisei Main Line
KS42	Narita Airport Terminal 1	成田空港	●	●	Narita Line (Airport branch)

References

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

↑ NAA Annual Report
↑ "Narita New Rapid Railway Development Project" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2006-09-11.
↑ Keisei Skyliner fares
↑ Matsutani, Minoru, "Skyliner to get quicker but pricier Narita link", Japan Times, February 12, 2010, p. 3.
↑ http://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=ve_soc_airport080809j-02-h410&rel=y&g=tha
↑ 京成電鉄プレスリリース（2009年12月16日）

External links

New Skyliner (Japanese)
Narita Rapid Rail Access Co. Ltd. (Japanese)

Keisei Group

Keisei lines	Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Main Narita Airport (Narita Sky Access) Oshiage

Related lines	Hokusō Jōsō Kashima (closed) Kominato Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway Nokogiriyama Ropeway Ryūgasaki Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid

Major stations	Keisei Ueno Nippori Aoto Keisei Funabashi Keisei Narita Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Narita Airport Terminal 1 Oshiage Keisei Chiba

Related companies	Chiba New Town Railway Hokusō Railway Kantō Railway Kashima Railway (defunct) Kominato Railway Maihama Resort Line Shibayama Railway Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Tōyō Rapid Railway Tsukuba Kankō Railway

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