Keisei Chiba Line
Railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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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.
01History
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+1⁄2 in) in conjunction with the regauging of the Main Line.
Shin-Keisei Line (Keisei Matsudo Line from April 2025) through services commenced on 10 December 2006.
02Stations
- 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 Keisei Matsudo Line to/from Matsudo | |||||||
| KS26 | Keisei Tsudanuma | 京成津田沼 | - | 0.0 |
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Narashino City | Chiba Prefecture | |
| KS52 | Keisei Makuharihongō | 京成幕張本郷 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuharihongō Station: JB34) | Hanamigawa Ward | Chiba City | |
| KS53 | Keisei Makuhari | 京成幕張 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 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 |
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| KS60 | Chiba-Chūō | 千葉中央 | 0.6 | 12.9 | Keisei Chihara Line (some through services) | |||
| Keisei through services: | Via the Keisei Chihara Line to/from Chiharadai | |||||||
Operation Pattern
In the daytime, trains from Keisei Tsudanuma to Chiharadai station and Shin-Keisei through services from Matsudo to Chiba-Chuo run at 20-minute intervals. On the Keisei Chiba Line, trains operate at 10-minute intervals. All trains are at most 6 cars long due to the platform length restriction at the intermediate stops between Keisei Tsudanuma Station and Keisei Chiba Station. Four-car trains were also used on the line, but they were discontinued at the start of the 8 December 2018 timetable revision.
There are also trains to and from Keisei Ueno Station on the Main Line during mornings and evenings. In the morning, trains towards Keisei Tsudanuma operate at the same 10-minute interval as other trains, and trains towards Chiba Chuo operate every 6 to 10 minutes.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Keisei Chiba Line”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Keisei Series3000-3002.jpg by MaedaAkihiko, CC0
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