Shin-Keisei Line

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     Shin-Keisei Line

N800 series electric multiple unit
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Termini Matsudo
Keisei Tsudanuma
Stations 24
Operation
Opening December 27, 1947
Operator(s) Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s) Kunugiyama, Tsudanuma
Rolling stock 8000, 8800, 8900, N800 series
Technical
Line length 26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed 85 km/h (55 mph)

The Shin-Keisei Line (新京成線 Shin-Keisei-sen) is a railway line in Japan owned by the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Chiba.

On December 10, 2006, Shin-Keisei Line began through service for Keisei Chiba Line to Chiba Chūō.

Operation

All trains stop at all stations. Most trains are operated throughout the line, in morning hours some terminate at Shin-Tsudanuma. In mornings and nights some trains originate or terminate at Kunugiyama.

Services operate at a frequency of one train every 4 minutes in the morning peak, every 10 minutes during the day, and every 8 minutes in the evening peak.

During the daytime, Shin-Keisei runs alternate through trains to Chiba Chūō on the Keisei Chiba Line.

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Matsudo 松戸 0.0 Jōban Line Matsudo
Kamihongō 上本郷 1.7  
Matsudo-Shinden 松戸新田 2.4  
Minoridai みのり台 3.0  
Yabashira 八柱 3.8 Musashino Line (Shin-Yahashira Station)
Tokiwadaira 常盤平 5.6  
Gokō 五香 7.4  
Motoyama 元山 8.7  
Kunugiyama くぬぎ山 9.6   Kamagaya
Kita-Hatsutomi 北初富 11.3  
Shin-Kamagaya 新鎌ケ谷 12.1 Narita Sky Access Line
Hokusō Line
Tōbu Noda Line
Hatsutomi 初富 13.3  
Kamagaya-Daibutsu 鎌ヶ谷大仏 15.4  
Futawamukōdai 二和向台 16.3   Funabashi
Misaki 三咲 17.1  
Takifudō 滝不動 18.5  
Takanekōdan 高根公団 19.5  
Takanekido 高根木戸 20.1  
Kita-Narashino 北習志野 21.0 Tōyō Rapid Line
Narashino 習志野 21.7  
Yakuendai 薬園台 22.5  
Maebara 前原 23.9  
Shin-Tsudanuma 新津田沼 25.3 Sōbu Line (Tsudanuma Station) Narashino
Keisei-Tsudanuma 京成津田沼 26.5 Keisei Main Line
Keisei Chiba Line

Rolling stock

  • Shin-Keisei 8000 series (since 1978)
  • Shin-Keisei 8800 series (since 1986)
  • Shin-Keisei 8900 series (since 1993)
  • Shin-Keisei N800 series (since May 2005)[1]

All trains are based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.

Former

  • Keisei 33/39/45 series
  • Keisei 100/126 series
  • Keisei 200/220/250/500/550/2300 series
  • Keisei 300 series
  • Keisei 600 series
  • Keisei 700/2200 series
  • Keisei 1100 series
  • Keisei 1500 series
  • Keisei 2100 series
  • Shin-Keisei 800 series (from 1974 until 2010)

References

  1. "歴史年表2000年 - 2009年" [Chronology 2000 - 2009]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2013. 
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