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Keisei Main Line
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Native name
京成本線
Daily ridership
500,121 (FY2010)
Operator
Keisei Electric Railway
Type
Commuter rail
Depot(s)
Sogosando
Locale
Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)
Terminis
Keisei Ueno Station, Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station
Keisei main line train from narita to narita international airport terminal 2
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, Senjuōhashi, Aoto, Keisei Takasago, Keisei Koiwa, Keisei Yawata, Higashi-Nakayama, Keisei Funabashi, Funabashikeibajō 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
● : All trains stop
│ : All trains pass
◇ : Some limited express trains stop when horse racing is held in Nakayama Racecourse.
Notes
Local trains stop at every station.
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 81⁄2 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
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, the voltage being raised to 1,200 V DC the following year. The line closed in 1934.
