Keisei Narita Airport Line

Narita Airport Line
成田空港線

Keisei AE series EMU on a Skyliner limited express services on the Narita Airport Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini Keisei-Takasago
Narita Airport
Stations 18
Operation
Opened 2010
Operator(s) Keisei Electric Railway
Technical
Line length 51.4 km (31.94 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph)

The Keisei Narita Airport Line (京成成田空港線 Keisei-Narita-Kūkō-sen?) is a Japanese railway line running between Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded Narita Sky Access (成田スカイアクセス Narita-sukai-akusesu?).

Contents

Project

The whole line is operated by Keisei Electric Railway, while some parts of the line are operated by other companies as well, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner services operating at up to 160 km/h using new Keisei AE series EMUs.

The project involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km of new track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.[1]

Trains also utilize the Keisei Electric Railway's Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h, thus completing the run from Nippori to Airport Terminal 2 in 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes. Trains also run towards Haneda Airport from Narita Airport via Keisei-Takasago using Toei Asakusa Line, the Keikyu Main Line and the Keikyu Airport Line.This makes it possible to connect the two airports around 65 minutes, as opposed to the previous minimum of 106 minutes.[2] Fare for the route is ¥2,400 from either Nippori or Ueno stations.[3]

Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010.

There are also plans to build a spur from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via the Keisei Oshiage Line.

Basic data

Station Keisei-Takasago Komuro Inba-Nihon-Idai (Tsuchiya) Airport Terminal 2 Narita Airport
Operating carrier Keisei Electric Railway
(Category 2)
Hokusō Railway
(Category 1)		 Hokusō Railway
(Category 2)		   East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
(Category 2)
Owner Chiba New Town Railway
(Category 3)		 Narita Rapid Rail Access
(Category 3)		 Narita Airport Rapid Railway
(Category 3)
Tracks Existing New Section Existing
  1. ^ Descriptions of the various categories are available at Rail transport in Japan.

Station list

Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".[4]

No. Station Japanese Access
Express		 Skyliner Transfers / Notes Location
KS10 Keisei-Takasago 京成高砂 ● ｜ Keisei: Main Line (for Yawata, Funabashi, Tsudanuma, Chiba, Narita), Kanamachi Line Katsushika Tokyo
HS05 Higashi-Matsudo 東松戸 ● ｜ JR East: Musashino Line Matsudo Chiba
HS08 Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ヶ谷 ● ｜ Shin-Keisei Line
Tōbu Noda Line		 Kamagaya
HS12 Chiba New Town Chūō 千葉ニュータウン中央 ● ｜ Hokusō Railway: Hokusō Line Inzai
HS14 Inba-Nihon-Idai 印旛日本医大 ● ｜ Hokusō Railway: Hokusō Line
KS43 Narita Yukawa 成田湯川 ● ｜ Narita
KS41 Airport Terminal 2 空港第2ビル ● ● JR East: Narita Line (airport branch)
Keisei: Main Line (for Keisei-Narita)
KS42 Narita Airport 成田空港 ● ● JR East: Narita Line (airport branch)

References

  1. ^ "Narita New Rapid Railway Development Project" (in Japanese). http://www.nra36.co.jp/project/index.html. Retrieved 2006-09-11. 
  2. ^ http://www.jiji.com/jc/v?p=ve_soc_airport080809j-02-h410&rel=y&g=tha
  3. ^ Matsutani, Minoru, "Skyliner to get quicker but pricier Narita link", Japan Times, February 12, 2010, p. 3.
  4. ^ 京成電鉄プレスリリース（2009年12月16日）

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