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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a commuter rail line operated by the third-sector Hokusō Railway (controlled by the Keisei Electric Railway) in Japan. It runs between Keisei-Takasago Station in Katsushika, Tokyo and Imba Nihon-idai Station in Inzai, Chiba. It is part of the primary Keisei route between central Tokyo and Narita International Airport through the Narita Sky Access Line. It uses the ATS Type 1 system. The line's name is derived from its route through the former Shimōsa Province, which is also known as "Hokusō".

Operations

Most trains are all-station "Local" services, but some limited-stop "Rapid" express trains have operated in morning and evening hours.

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Stops at all stations, all day. Through to Keisei Main Line, Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Keikyū Main Line, Keikyū Airport Line and Keikyū Kurihama Line.
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Runs only on weekdays.
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Runs on weekday mornings only. This service is bound to Ueno Station.
Fare (adult/500 yen, child/250 yen)
Stop at five stations (Passengers can board at Imba Nihon-idai and Chiba New Town Chuo. Passengers can alight at Aoto, Nippori, and Keisei Ueno)
This service was introduced on October 1, 2020.

Discontinued service patterns

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Ran only in the evening on weekdays, down from Keisei line.
Discontinued as of 2022[1]

Stations

Legend:

● All trains stop
○ Access Express only
▲ Some Skyliner trains stop
△ Extra Liner can only be boarded
｜ All trains pass
↑ Extra Liner passes in one direction
No. Station Japanese L LE EL Sky Access Line Transfers Location
↑ Through-running via the Template:KSLS Keisei Main Line and Template:KSLS Keisei Oshiage Line to/from ↑

Template:STN via the Template:TSLS Toei Asakusa Line

Template:STN via the Template:TSLS Toei Asakusa Line and Template:KQLS Keikyū Main Line, and Template:STN via the Template:KQLS Keikyū Kurihama Line

To/from Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 and Terminal 3 via the Template:TSLS Toei Asakusa Line, Template:KQLS Keikyū Main Line and Template:KQLS Keikyū Airport Line

Template:KSSN Template:STN 京成高砂 ● ● ↑ ○ Template:Plainlist Katsushika Tokyo
Template:KSSN Template:STN 新柴又 ● | ↑ |  
Template:KSSN Template:STN 矢切 ● | ↑ |   Matsudo Chiba
Template:KSSN Template:STN 北国分 ● | ↑ |   Ichikawa
Template:KSSN Template:STN 秋山 ● | ↑ |   Matsudo
Template:KSSN Template:STN 東松戸 ● ● ↑ ○ Template:Plainlist
Template:KSSN Template:STN 松飛台 ● | ↑ |   Ichikawa
Template:KSSN Template:STN 大町 ● | ↑ |   Ichikawa
Template:KSSN Template:STN 新鎌ヶ谷 ● ● ↑ ▲ Template:Plainlist Kamagaya
Template:KSSN Template:STN 西白井 ● ● ↑ |   Shiroi
Template:KSSN Template:STN 白井 ● ● ↑ |  
Template:KSSN Template:STN 小室 ● ● ↑ |   Funabashi
Template:KSSN Template:STN 千葉ニュータウン中央 ● ● △ ○   Inzai
Template:KSSN Template:STN 印西牧の原 ● ● ↑ |  
Template:KSSN Template:STN 印旛日本医大 ● ● △ ○ Template:KSLS Narita Sky Access Line (Through service to/from Template:STN)

Rolling stock

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Lineup of Hokuso Line rolling stock in August 2007

Hokuso Railway

Chiba New Town Railway

Keisei Electric Railway

Keikyu

Toei Subway

Former rolling stock

Chiba New Town Railway

Hokuso Railway

  • 7000 series (from 1979 until 2007)
  • 7050 series (rebadged Keisei 3150 series cars leased from Keisei)
  • 7150 series (from 1991 until 1998, converted from former Keikyu 1000 series EMUs)
  • 7250 series (from 2003 until 2006, converted from former Keisei 3200 series EMUs)[3]Template:Rp
  • Hokuso 7260 series (from 2006 until March 2015, converted from Keisei 3300 series EMUs)

Shin-Keisei Electric Railway

Keisei Electric Railway

  • 3050 series (original) (until 1995)
  • 3100 series (until 1998)
  • 3150 series
  • 3200 series (until 2007)
  • 3300 series (unrefurbished sets)
  • 3500 series (unrefurbished sets)
  • 3600 series

Toei Subway

Keikyu

History

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Western section

This section was planned as a railway access to Chiba New Town. Initially proposed by a committee of the then Ministry of Transport, the route was numbered "Line 1", as the northern extension of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) Line 1 (present Asakusa Line) to Komuro area of Chiba New Town. In 1979 the first phase of this section between Template:STN and Template:STN opened. The through-operation via Shin-Keisei Line to Template:STN began, on a temporary basis until the second phase of this section could connect the town directly to the Keisei and Asakusa Line network.

The second phase section to Template:STN on the Keisei Main Line opened in 1991, and through-operation began. In the following year, Shin-Keisei included Shin-Kamagaya Station as a transfer station, and abandoned the temporary route.

Eastern section

The section east of Komuro was initially the eastern part of a once-planned Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (II, apart from the first which opened the Tōbu Noda Line and the Kururi Line) as an extension of Line 10 (Shinjuku Line). The line was to be built from Template:STN via Template:STN to parallel to the line above, then to terminate at present Template:STN. The first section between Komuro and Template:STN was opened in 1984, and the operations were commissioned to the present Hokusō Railway.

  • March 9, 1979: Hokusō Line (first phase) of Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Template:STN – Template:STN. Through-operation via Shin-Keisei Line to Template:STN on temporary basis.
  • March 19, 1984: Script error: No such module "Nihongo". of Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (HUDC onwards) Komuro – Template:STN
  • April 1, 1987: On the section of Komuro – Chiba New Town Chūō, Hokusō Development Railway became the Category-2 Railway Business operator, while HUDC became Category-3 Railway Business. On the commencement of the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Act No. 92 of 1986) for the privatization of the Japan National Railways. Simultaneously, the entire stretch was renamed to Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
  • March 31, 1991: Hokusō Line (phase 2) Template:STN – Template:STN. Through-operations by four parties (Hokusō, Keisei Electric Railway, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei), Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū)) began.
  • July 4, 1992: Shin-Keisei opened Shin-Kamagaya Station. Through-operation to Shin-Keisei terminated. The section of Kita-Hatsutomi – Shin-Kamagaya was abandoned.
  • April 1, 1995: Chiba New Town Chūō – Inzai-Makinohara, as Hokusō Cat-2, HUDC Cat-3
  • 1999: HUDC reorganized to the Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (HDC onwards), continued state of Cat-3 of the line.
  • July 22, 2000: Inzai-Makinohara – Imba Nihon-idai, as Hokusō Cat-2, HDC Cat-3. Present stretch completed.
  • July 1, 2004: Railway properties of HDC transferred to Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and the whole line was renamed as the Hokusō Line.

Extension to Narita Airport

After the abandonment of the planned Narita Shinkansen, routes of rapid transit to Narita Airport had long been discussed. For a utilization of partially completed tracks of the Shinkansen, JR East and Keisei lines to Template:STN were realized. A much faster line had long been needed, and for that purpose the first priority was the Keisei – Hokusō route. In 2001, a new Cat-3 entity, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". commenced building a new line connecting Imba Nihon-idai to the junction to Script error: No such module "Nihongo". which is a Cat-3 company of existing access railways, the tracks of the formerly planned Narita Shinkansen. The express trains are operated by Keisei as a Cat-2 operator with maximum speed at Script error: No such module "convert"., the fastest among Japanese private railways (which was formerly shared with Hokuetsu Express until the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen in 2015) which enables a 34-minute journey from Template:STN to Narita Airport. The line opened in July 2010.[4]

Local subsidies

Hokuso Railway fares are significantly higher than those of other private railways in the region. In 2013, a journey of Script error: No such module "convert". on the Hokuso Line cost 540 yen, while a Script error: No such module "convert". journey cost 720 yen. Equivalent journeys on the Keisei Main Line cost 250 yen and 360 yen respectively while equivalent journeys on JR East cost 210 yen and 380 yen respectively. The difference in fares is largely due to the debt burden remaining from the portion of the line built and owned by Hokuso Railway itself; this is also the case for the Tōyō Rapid Railway Line and the Saitama Rapid Railway Line, which are also known for having comparatively high fares.[5]

In 2009, Chiba Prefecture and several municipalities along the line agreed with Hokuso Railway for an average fare reduction of 4.6% (25% for student commuter passes), in exchange for which they agreed to subsidize half of the estimated revenue loss of 600 million yen. The fare reduction was implemented in July 2010 at the time of the opening of the Narita Sky Access Line. In 2011 and 2012, the cities of Shiroi and Inzai elected new mayors on platforms of negotiating for further fare reductions and stopping public subsidies respectively; a third-party study commissioned by the two city governments concluded in August 2013 that the Hokusō Line would break even at more discounted fare levels without local subsidies. Hokuso, on the other hand, has argued that increased consumption tax rates and capital expenditures related to upgrading the Pasmo system will force them to raise fares in 2015.[6][7] Additional fare reduction measures were implemented on 1 October 2022 which brought down regular fares by around 10% along with commuter passes being discounted by an additional 65%.[8]

References

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