Keisei Chiba Line

The 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, gauge branch line. On 10 October 1959, the line was regauged to 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 Template:STN Via Keisei Matsudo Line to/from Template:STN
Template:KSSN	Keisei Tsudanuma	京成津田沼	-	0.0	Template:Plainlist	Narashino City		Chiba Prefecture
Template:KSSN	Keisei Makuharihongō	京成幕張本郷	2.1	2.1	Template:JRLS Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuharihongō Station: JB34)	Hanamigawa Ward	Chiba City
Template:KSSN	Keisei Makuhari	京成幕張	1.9	4.0	Template:JRLS Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuhari Station: JB35)
Template:KSSN	Kemigawa	検見川	1.3	5.3
Template:KSSN	Keisei Inage	京成稲毛	2.8	8.1		Inage Ward
Template:KSSN	Midoridai	みどり台	1.8	9.9
Template:KSSN	Nishi-Nobuto	西登戸	1.0	10.9		Chūō Ward
Template:KSSN	Shin-Chiba	新千葉	0.8	11.7
Template:KSSN	Keisei Chiba	京成千葉	0.6	12.3	Template:Plainlist
Template:KSSN	Chiba-Chūō	千葉中央	0.6	12.9	Template:KSLS Keisei Chihara Line (some through services)
Keisei through services:					Via the Keisei Chihara Line to/from Template:STN

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.

References

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

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