The Keisei Chiba Line (京成千葉線, Keisei Chiba-sen) is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. It branches from the Keisei Main Line at Keisei Tsudanuma Station and connects to Chiba Chūō Station. At Chiba Chūō Station, the line is connected to the Chihara Line.

Keisei Chiba Line
KS
Overview
Native name京成千葉線
LocaleChiba Prefecture
Termini
Stations10
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s) Keisei Electric Railway
History
Opened1921
Technical
Line length12.9 km (8.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed95 km/h (59 mph)
Keisei Chiba Line
Keisei Ueno
Matsudo
TsudanumaShin-Tsudanuma
0.0
Keisei Tsudanuma
Tsudanuma Depot
2.1
Keisei
Makuharihongō
Makuharihongō
4.0
Keisei MakuhariMakuhari
5.3
Kemigawa
8.1
Keisei Inage
9.9
Midoridai
10.9
Nishi-Nobuto
11.7
Shin-Chiba
Chiba
12.3
Keisei Chiba
Keisei Chiba
(
original
closed 1958
)
12.9
Chiba Chūō
Hon-Chiba
Chiharadai

History edit

The entire line opened on 17 July 1921 as an electrified, dual-track, 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge branch line. On 10 October 1959, the line was regauged to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) in conjunction with the regauging of the Main Line.

Stations edit

  • All trains are local trains that stop at all stations.
No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations
Total
Keisei through services: Via Keisei Main Line to/from Keisei-Ueno
Via Shin-Keisei Line to/from Matsudo
KS26 Keisei Tsudanuma 京成津田沼 - 0.0
Narashino City Chiba Prefecture
KS52 Keisei Makuharihongō 京成幕張本郷 2.1 2.1 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuharihongō Station: JB34) Hanamigawa Ward Chiba City
KS53 Keisei Makuhari 京成幕張 1.9 4.0 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuhari Station: JB35)
KS54 Kemigawa 検見川 1.3 5.3
KS55 Keisei Inage 京成稲毛 2.8 8.1 Inage Ward
KS56 Midoridai みどり台 1.8 9.9
KS57 Nishi-Nobuto 西登戸 1.0 10.9 Chūō Ward
KS58 Shin-Chiba 新千葉 0.8 11.7
KS59 Keisei Chiba 京成千葉 0.6 12.3
KS60 Chiba-Chūō 千葉中央 0.6 12.9 KS Keisei Chihara Line (some through services)
Keisei through services: Via the Keisei Chihara Line to/from Chiharadai

Operation Pattern edit

The local train on the line stops at every station. In the daytime, Shin-Keisei through service trains from Keisei Tsudanuma to Chiharadai station and trains from Matsudo to Chiba-Chuo runs at 20 minute intervals. On the Keisei Chiba Line, trains operate with a 10 Minute interval. All trains are 6 cars long maximum, due to the platform length restriction at the intermediate stops between Keisei Tsudanuma Station and Keisei Chiba Station. 4 car trains are abolished due to a timetable revision on December 8, 2018.[1] There's also trains to and from Keisei Ueno Station that directs the main line in part of the morning and evening, but all sections are set only for normal stops at each station. In the morning, the up (keisei tsudanuma direction) is set at the same 10-minute interval as during the day, and the down (towards Chiba Chuo) is set every 6 to 10 minutes. The direction curtain and destination display of the train to Chiharadai on the Chihara Line are "(Chiba) Chiharadai" (line breaks in front of Chiharadai), but LED display cars and Shin-Keisei Electric Railway vehicles are written as "Chiharadai".

References edit

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.