Hokuso Line

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The Hokusō Line (北総線, Hokusō-sen^?) is a commuter rail line owned by Hokusō Railway Co., Ltd., that runs between Keisei-Takasago Station in Katsushika, Tokyo and Inba-Nihon-Idai Station in Inba Village, Chiba.

In 2010, the extention line called Keisei Narita New Rapid Line will reach Narita Airport Station, making the line a new link between Tokyo and Narita Airport.

Contents 1 Basic data 2 History 3 Stations 4 External links

[edit] Basic data

• Length: 32.3 km / Approx. 20.1 mi. from Keisei-Takasago Station to Inba-Nihon-Idai Station
• Gauge: 1435 mm / 4 ft. 8½ in. (Standard gauge, in contrast to the narrow gauge of most Japanese railways.)
• Stations: 15
• Double-track line: Whole line
• Electric supply: Whole line (1500 V DC)
• Block system: Automatic (ATS Type 1)
• Maximum speed at service: 105 km/h

[edit] History

The line was built as the link line between Chiba New Town and Tokyo. In 1979, Hokusō Development Railway (now Hokusō Railway) built the first segment. The extension was built in 1984, by the public corporation called Housing and Urban Development Corporation (住宅・都市整備公団, Jūtaku Toshi Seibi Kōdan^?), which is now Urban Renaissance Agency (都市再生機構, Toshi Saisei Kikō^?). After that, the line names and the operators went through complicated changes. Below is the table that shows changes briefly.

1979
Terminus		Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro
Line name		Hokusō Line
Service and facility		Hokusō Development Railway
1984
Terminus		Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō
Line name		Hokusō Line		Chiba New Town Line
Service and facility		Hokusō Development Railway		Housing and Urban Development Corporation
1988
Terminus		Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō
Line name		Hokusō Kōdan Line
Service		Hokusō Development Railway
Facility		Hokusō Development Railway		Housing and Urban Development Corporation
1991
Terminus	Keisei-Takasago	Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō
Line name	Hokusō Kōdan Line
Service	Hokusō Development Railway
Facility	Hokusō Development Railway			Housing and Urban Development Corporation
1999
Terminus	Keisei-Takasago	Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō	Inzai-Makinohara
Line name	Hokusō Kōdan Line
Service	Hokusō Development Railway
Facility	Hokusō Development Railway			Urban Development Corporation
2000
Terminus	Keisei-Takasago	Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō	Inzai-Makinohara	Inba-Nihon-Idai
Line name	Hokusō Kōdan Line
Service	Hokusō Development Railway
Facility	Hokusō Development Railway			Urban Development Corporation
2004
Terminus	Keisei-Takasago	Kita-Hatsutomi	Komuro		Chiba New Town Chūō	Inzai-Makinohara	Inba-Nihon-Idai
Line name	Hokusō Line
Service	Hokusō Railway
Facility	Hokusō Railway			Chiba New Town Railway

[edit] Stations

Station Name	Japanese	Local 普通	Express 急行	Limited Express 特急	Transfers	Location
Through service to/from Keisei Main Line, further to/from Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Keikyu Main Line, Keikyū Airport Line, or Keikyū Kurihama Line.
Keisei-Takasago	京成高砂	X	X	X	Keisei Main Line (bound for Narita Airport), Keisei Kanamachi Line	Tokyo	Katsushika
Shin-Shibamata	新柴又	X	X
Yagiri	矢切	X	X			Chiba	Matsudo
Kita-Kokubun	北国分	X					Ichikawa
Akiyama	秋山	X					Matsudo
Higashi-Matsudo	東松戸	X			JR Musashino Line
Matsuhidai	松飛台	X
Ōmachi	大町	X					Ichikawa
Shin-Kamagaya	新鎌ヶ谷	X	X	X	Shin-Keisei Line, Tōbu Noda Line		Kamagaya
Nishi-Shiroi	西白井	X	X	X			Shiroi
Shiroi	白井	X	X	X
Komuro	小室	X	X	X			Funabashi
Chiba New Town Chūō	千葉ニュータウン中央	X	X	X			Inzai
Inzai-Makinohara	印西牧の原	X	X	X
Inba-Nihon-Idai	印旛日本医大	X	X	X	Keisei Narita New Rapid Line (Under construction)		Inba

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website

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