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)
History
Opened3 November 1912 (1912-11-03)
Technical
Line length69.3 km (43.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 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

0.0
Keisei Ueno
For connections, see below
Hakubutsukan Dōbutsuen
abandoned in 2004
Kan-eiji-saka
abandoned in 1953
2.1
Nippori
JR East lines
Dōkan-yama-dōri
abandoned in 1947
Jōban Line freight line
3.4
Shim-Mikawashima
4.3
Machiya
Machiya-ekimae
Nishi-Senju
abandoned in 1947
5.9
Senjuōhashi
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
JJ Jōban Line
7.3
Keisei-Sekiya
Ayase River
8.8
Horikirishōbuen
9.9
Ohanajaya
Oshiage for through operations, see below
11.5
Aoto
Nakagawa River
Shinkane freight line
12.7
Keisei-Takasago
Takasago depot
14.5
Keisei-Koiwa
15.7
Edogawa
16.4
Kōnodai
17.3
Ichikawamama
18.2
Sugano
19.1
Keisei-Yawata
Yawata
abandoned in 1942
20.1
Onigoe
20.8
Keisei-Nakayama
21.6
Higashi-Nakayama
22.2
Keisei-Nishifuna
23.6
Kaijin
Sōbu Railway Kaijin Line
25.1
Keisei-Funabashi
26.4
Daijingūshita
27.2
Funabashikeibajō
Yatsu Branch Line
Yatsu Yūenchi abandoned in 1934
28.2
Yatsu
29.7
Keisei-Tsudanuma
Tsudanuma depot
JBJO Sōbu Main Line
32.1
Keisei-Ōkubo
34.0
Mimomi
36.6
Yachiyodai
38.7
Keisei-Ōwada
Inba Drainage Canal (New River)
TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line
40.3
Katsutadai
42.1
Shizu
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
Seisō Electric Tramway
Honshamae
Narita Hanasakichō
abandoned in 1930
61.2
Keisei Narita
Fudōson
JR-E: Narita Line
Narita Railway Tako Line
Narita Line
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Komaino S.B.
68.3
Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
Narita Airport
69.3
Narita Airport Terminal 1
Beyond Oshiage
Oshiage
A Toei Asakusa Line
Connections at Keisei Ueno
Keisei Ueno
Ueno-Tokyo Line / JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)

In 2010, the Narita Sky Access opened as a bypass of the line, reducing the role of the main line in the airport access.

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