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Keisei Main Line

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 the early 20th century, the line has been serving 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.

Keisei Main Line
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A Keisei 3000 series EMU on the Keisei Main Line in March 2021
Overview
Native name京成本線
LocaleTokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini
Stations42
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKeisei Electric Railway
Operator(s)Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s)Sogosando
Daily ridership500,121 (FY2010)[1]
History
Opened3 November 1912; 112 years ago (1912-11-03)
Technical
Line length69.3 km (43.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius120 m (390 ft)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph)
Train protection systemC-ATS
Maximum incline4.0%
Route map

Legend
0.0
 Keisei Ueno
For connections, see below
Ueno
 Hakubutsukan Dōbutsuen
abandoned in 2004
Uguisudani
 Kan-eiji-saka
abandoned in 1953
2.1
 Nippori
Down arrowLeft arrowJJ Jōban LineUp arrow
／Up arrowJR East linesRight arrow
Nippori-Toneri LinerRight arrow
 Dōkan-yama-dōri
abandoned in 1947
Down arrowC Tokyo Metro Chiyoda LineRight arrow
Jōban Line freight lineRight arrow
3.4
 Shim-Mikawashima
Mikawashima
4.3
 Machiya
Machiya-ekimae
Left arrowTokyo Sakura TramRight arrow
Sumida River
 Nishi-Senju
abandoned in 1947
5.9
 Senjuōhashi
Up arrowC Tokyo Metro Chiyoda LineRight arrow
Up arrowJJ Jōban LineRight arrow
Left arrowTsukuba ExpressRight arrow
Left arrowH Tokyo Metro Hibiya LineRight arrow
Kita-Senju
7.3
 Keisei-Sekiya
Ushida
Left arrowTS Tōbu Skytree LineRight arrow
Arakawa River
Ayase River
8.8
 Horikirishōbuen
9.9
 Ohanajaya
Oshiage for through operations, see below
Up arrowKS Keisei Oshiage Line
11.5
 Aoto
Nakagawa River
Left arrowShinkane freight lineRight arrow
12.7
 Keisei-Takasago
KS Keisei Kanamachi LineRight arrow
 Takasago depot
Down arrowHS Hokusō Line
Inba-Nihon-Idai
14.5
 Keisei-Koiwa
15.7
 Edogawa
Edogawa River
16.4
 Kōnodai
Left arrowJBJO Sōbu Main LineDown arrow
17.3
 Right arrowIchikawamama
Left arrowIchikawa
18.2
 Sugano
Left arrowS Toei Shinjuku Line
19.1
 Right arrowKeisei-Yawata
Left arrowMotoyawata
 Yawata
abandoned in 1942
20.1
 Onigoe
20.8
 Right arrowKeisei-Nakayama
Left arrowShimōsa-Nakayama
21.6
 Higashi-Nakayama
Left arrowT Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
22.2
 Right arrowKeisei-Nishifuna
Left arrowLeft arrow, Left arrowNishi-Funabashi
Left arrowJM Musashino LineRight arrow
23.6
 Kaijin
TR Tōyō Rapid Railway LineRight arrow
Up arrowDown arrowSōbu Railway Kaijin Line
TD Tobu Urban Park LineRight arrow
25.1
 Left arrowLeft arrowKeisei-Funabashi
Funabashi
26.4
 Daijingūshita
27.2
 Funabashikeibajō
Left arrowYatsu Branch Line
Yatsu Yūenchi abandoned in 1934
28.2
 Yatsu
SL Shin-Keisei Line
Left arrowTsudanuma, Right arrowShin-Tsudanuma
29.7
 Keisei-Tsudanuma
Tsudanuma depot
Left arrowKS Chiba Line
Left arrowJBJO Sōbu Main LineUp arrow
Chiba Chūō
Down arrowKS Keisei Chihara Line
Chiharadai
32.1
 Keisei-Ōkubo
34.0
 Mimomi
36.6
 Yachiyodai
38.7
 Keisei-Ōwada
Inba Drainage Canal (New River)
TR Tōyō Rapid Railway LineRight arrow
40.3
 Katsutadai
Right arrowTōyō-Katsutadai
42.1
 Shizu
Yamaman: Yūkarigaoka LineRight arrow
43.2
 Yūkarigaoka
45.7
 Keisei-Usui
Kashimagawa junction
51.0
 Keisei Sakura
53.0
 Ōsakura
55.0
 Keisei-Shisui
Sōgo depot
57.0
 Sōgosandō
58.6
 Kōzunomori
Up arrowSeisō Electric Tramway
Left arrowNarita LineDown arrow
Honshamae
 Narita Hanasakichō
abandoned in 1930
61.2
 Keisei Narita
Right arrow、Right arrowRight arrowNarita
Fudōson
Up arrowDown arrowJR-E: Narita LineRight arrow
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Left arrowNarita Railway Tako Line
Left arrowNarita LineRight arrow
Down arrowNarita Rapid RailwayRight arrow
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Komaino S.B.
Left arrowKS Keisei Higashi Narita Line
Left arrowNarita Airport
68.3
 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
Higashi-Narita
Left arrowNarita Airport
69.3
 Narita Airport Terminal 1
Down arrowSR Shibayama Railway Line
Shibayama-Chiyoda
Beyond Oshiage
Down arrowMisakiguchi KK Keikyū Kurihama Line
Uraga Down arrowKK Keikyū Main Line
Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station Down arrowKK Keikyū Airport Line
Nishi-magome Down arrowA Toei Asakusa Line
Shinagawa
Up arrowLeft arrowKK Keikyū Main Line
Sengakuji
 Oshiage
Up arrowA Toei Asakusa Line
Connections at Keisei Ueno
Keisei Ueno
Left arrowJY Yamanote, JK Keihin Tōhoku linesRight arrow
Left arrowUeno-Tokyo Line / JU Tōhoku Main (Utsunomiya), Takasaki linesRight arrow
Left arrowUeno-Tokyo Line / JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)Right arrow
Left arrowTōhoku Shinkansen Tohoku, Jōetsu Shinkansen Joetsu, Nagano Shinkansen Nagano Shinkansen ShinkansensRight arrow
Up arrowDown arrowG Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Left arrowH Tokyo Metro Hibiya LineRight arrow

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

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  •   S = 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).
From Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita. Trains call at Nippori, Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, and Keisei Narita.
Runs only in the morning from Narita Airport Terminal 1 and Keisei Narita to Keisei Ueno.
Runs only in the evening from Keisei Ueno to Keisei Narita and Narita Airport Terminal 1.
  •   L = 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.
  •   A = 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.
  •   L = 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.
  •   C = 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.
  •   R = Rapid (快速, Kaisoku)
Runs from Keisei Ueno or Oshiage Line to Narita Airport Terminal 1 or Shibayama Chiyoda.
  •   Local (普通, Futsū)
Sometimes called Kakueki-Teisha (各駅停車).

Stations

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  • ● : All trains stop
  • │ : All trains pass
  • ◇ : Some limited express trains stop when horse racing is held in Nakayama Racecourse.
  • ▲ : Some Skyliner trains stop.[2]
Notes
  • Local trains stop at every station.
No. Name Japanese Distance
(km) 		R C L A L M/E S Transfers Location
KS01 Keisei Ueno 京成上野 0.0 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Taitō Tokyo
KS02 Nippori 日暮里 2.1 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
  • JY Yamanote Line (JY07, NPR)
  • JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line (JK32, NPR)
  • JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) (JJ02, NPR)
  • NT Nippori-Toneri Liner (NT01)
 Arakawa
KS03 Shim-Mikawashima 新三河島 3.4 │ │ │ | │ │ |
KS04 Machiya 町屋 4.3 │ │ │ | │ │ |
KS05 Senjuōhashi 千住大橋 5.9 ● │ │ | │ │ | Adachi
KS06 Keisei Sekiya 京成関屋 7.3 │ │ │ | │ │ | TS Tobu Skytree Line (Ushida Station: TS08)
KS07 Horikirishōbuen 堀切菖蒲園 8.8 │ │ │ | │ │ | Katsushika
KS08 Ohanajaya お花茶屋 9.9 │ │ │ | │ │ |
Through Services via the KS Keisei Oshiage Line To/from Nishi-Magome via the A Toei Asakusa Line
To/from Yokohama via the A Toei Asakusa Line and KK Keikyū Main Line, and Misakiguchi via the KK Keikyū Kurihama Line
To/from Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 and Terminal 3 via the A Toei Asakusa Line, KK Keikyū Main Line and KK Keikyū Airport Line
KS09 Aoto 青砥 11.5 ● ● ● ● ● ● ▲ KS Keisei Oshiage Line
KS10 Keisei Takasago 京成高砂 12.7 ● ● ● ● ● │ |
Through Services To/from Narita Airport Terminal 1 via the KS Narita Sky Access Line
To/from Imba-Nihon-Idai via the HS Hokusō Line
KS11 Keisei Koiwa 京成小岩 14.5 ● │ │ Narita Sky Access Line │ │ Narita Sky Access Line Edogawa
KS12 Edogawa 江戸川 15.7 │ │ │ │ │
KS13 Kōnodai 国府台 16.4 │ │ │ │ │ Ichikawa Chiba Prefecture
KS14 Ichikawamama 市川真間 17.3 │ │ │ │ │
KS15 Sugano 菅野 18.2 │ │ │ │ │
KS16 Keisei Yawata 京成八幡 19.1 ● ● ● ● │ S Toei Shinjuku Line (Motoyawata Station: S-21)

JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (Motoyawata: JB28)

KS17 Onigoe 鬼越 20.1 │ │ │ │ │
KS18 Keisei Nakayama 京成中山 20.8 │ │ │ │ │ Funabashi
KS19 Higashi-Nakayama 東中山 21.6 ● │ ◇ │ │
KS20 Keisei Nishifuna 京成西船 22.2 │ │ │ │ │
KS21 Kaijin 海神 23.6 │ │ │ │ │
KS22 Keisei Funabashi 京成船橋 25.1 ● ● ● ● ●
KS23 Daijingūshita 大神宮下 26.4 │ │ │ │ │
KS24 Funabashikeibajō 船橋競馬場 27.2 ● │ │ │ │
KS25 Yatsu 谷津 28.2 │ │ │ │ │ Narashino
KS26 Keisei Tsudanuma 京成津田沼 29.7 ● ● ● ● │
KS27 Keisei Ōkubo 京成大久保 32.1 ● │ │ │ │
KS28 Mimomi 実籾 34.0 ● │ │ │ │
KS29 Yachiyodai 八千代台 36.6 ● ● ● ● ● Yachiyo
KS30 Keisei Ōwada 京成大和田 38.7 ● │ │ │ │
KS31 Katsutadai 勝田台 40.3 ● ● ● ● │ TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line (Tōyō-Katsutadai Station: TR09)
KS32 Shizu 志津 42.1 ● ● │ │ │ Sakura
KS33 Yūkarigaoka ユーカリが丘 43.2 ● ● │ │ │ Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line
KS34 Keisei Usui 京成臼井 45.7 ● ● │ │ │
KS35 Keisei Sakura 京成佐倉 51.0 ● ● ● ● ●
KS36 Ōsakura 大佐倉 53.0 ● ● ● │ │
KS37 Keisei Shisui 京成酒々井 55.0 ● ● ● │ │ Shisui
KS38 Sōgosandō 宗吾参道 57.0 ● ● ● │ │
KS39 Kōzunomori 公津の杜 58.6 ● ● ● │ │ Narita
KS40 Keisei Narita 京成成田 61.2 ● ● ● ● ●
KS41 Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 空港第2ビル 68.3 ● ● ● ●[Note 1] ● ● ●[Note 1]
KS42 Narita Airport Terminal 1 成田空港 69.3 ● ● ● ●[Note 1] ● ● ●[Note 1]
  • KS Narita Sky Access Line
  • ■ Narita Line (JO37)
  1. ^ a b c d Uses Narita Sky Access Line platforms

History

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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). In 1978, it was extended to Narita Airport (now Higashi-Narita). The single track extension to Terminal 1 was opened in 1992.

Former connecting lines

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  • Funabashi-Keibajō Station: A 1 km 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge line electrified at 600 V DC opened to the Yatsu amusement park in 1927, with the voltage being raised to 1,200 V DC the following year. The line closed in 1934.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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

  • "Guide on stops" (PDF). Keisei Electric Railway. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  1. ^ Keisei station ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Keisei) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ "スカイライナーの一部列車が青砥駅に停車します！" [Some Skyliner trains stop at Aoto Station] (PDF). Japan: Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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