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
Ueno
Hakubutsukan Dōbutsuen
abandoned in 2004
Uguisudani
Kan-eiji-saka
abandoned in 1953
2.1
Nippori
JR East lines
Nippori-Toneri Liner
Dōkan-yama-dōri
abandoned in 1947
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
Jōban Line freight line
3.4
Shim-Mikawashima
Mikawashima
4.3
Machiya
Machiya-ekimae
Tokyo Sakura Tram
Sumida River
Nishi-Senju
abandoned in 1947
5.9
Senjuōhashi
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
JJ Jōban Line
Tsukuba Express
H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
7.3
Keisei-Sekiya
Ushida
TS Tōbu Skytree Line
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
JBJO Sōbu Main Line
17.3
Ichikawamama
18.2
Sugano
S Toei Shinjuku Line
19.1
Keisei-Yawata
Motoyawata
Yawata
abandoned in 1942
20.1
Onigoe
20.8
Keisei-Nakayama
Shimōsa-Nakayama
21.6
Higashi-Nakayama
T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
22.2
Keisei-Nishifuna
, Nishi-Funabashi
JM Musashino Line
23.6
Kaijin
TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line
Sōbu Railway Kaijin Line
TD Tobu Urban Park Line
25.1
Keisei-Funabashi
26.4
Daijingūshita
27.2
Funabashikeibajō
Yatsu Branch Line
Yatsu Yūenchi abandoned in 1934
28.2
Yatsu
SL Shin-Keisei Line
Tsudanuma, Shin-Tsudanuma
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
Tōyō-Katsutadai
42.1
Shizu
Yamaman: Yūkarigaoka Line
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
Narita Line
Honshamae
Narita Hanasakichō
abandoned in 1930
61.2
Keisei Narita
Narita
Fudōson
JR-E: Narita Line
Narita Railway Tako Line
Narita Line
Higashi-Kantō Expressway
Komaino S.B.
Narita Airport
68.3
Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
Narita Airport
69.3
Narita Airport Terminal 1
SR Shibayama Railway Line
Shibayama-Chiyoda
Beyond Oshiage
Misakiguchi KK Keikyū Kurihama Line
Nishi-magome A Toei Asakusa Line
Shinagawa
Sengakuji
Oshiage
A Toei Asakusa Line
Connections at Keisei Ueno
Keisei Ueno
JY Yamanote, JK Keihin Tōhoku lines
Ueno-Tokyo Line / JU Tōhoku Main (Utsunomiya), Takasaki lines
Ueno-Tokyo Line / JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)
Tohoku, Joetsu, Nagano Shinkansen Shinkansens
G Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

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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