Keisei Chiba Line

Keisei Chiba Line
KS
Overview
Native name	京成千葉線
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
Termini	Keisei Tsudanuma Chiba Chūō
Stations	10
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	Keisei Electric Railway
History
Opened	1921
Technical
Line length	12.9 km (8.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)

Keisei Chiba Line
Keisei Ueno Keisei Main Line Sōbu Main Line Matsudo Shin-Keisei Line Tsudanuma│Shin-Tsudanuma 0.0 Keisei Tsudanuma Tsudanuma Depot Keisei Main Line 2.1 Keisei Makuharihongō │Makuharihongō 4.0 Keisei Makuhari│Makuhari 5.3 Kemigawa 8.1 Keisei Inage 9.9 Midoridai 10.9 Nishi-Nobuto 11.7 Shin-Chiba Chiba Sōbu Main Line Chiba Urban Monorail 12.3 Keisei Chiba Keisei Chiba ( original closed 1958 ) 12.9 Chiba Chūō Hon-Chiba Uchibō Line & Sotobō Line Keisei Chihara Line Chiharadai

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.

History

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.

Stations

• 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	KS Keisei Main Line (some through services mornings/evenings for Keisei Ueno) SL Shin-Keisei Line (SL24) (some through services during the daytime for Matsudo)	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	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (Chiba Station: JB39) JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Chiba Station: JO28) ■ Sōbu Main Line (Chiba Station: JO28) ■ Narita Line (Chiba Station: JO28) ■ Sotobō Line (Chiba Station) ■ Uchibō Line (Chiba Station) Chiba Urban Monorail (Chiba Station)
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

The local train on the line stops at every station. In the daytime, trains from Keisei Tsudanuma to Chiharadai station and Shin-Keisei through service 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 at most 6 cars long, due to the platform length restriction at the intermediate stops between Keisei Tsudanuma Station and Keisei Chiba Station. 4 car trains were abolished due to a timetable revision on December 8, 2018. 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

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