Keisei Chiba Line

Keisei Chiba Line
Overview
Native name	京成千葉線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
Termini	Keisei Tsudanuma Chiba Chūō
Operation
Operator(s)	Keisei Electric Railway
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Keisei Chiba Line

Legend Keisei Ueno Keisei Main Line Sōbu Main Line     (Sōbu Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line) Matsudo Shin-Keisei Line Tsudanuma, Shin-Tsudanuma 0.0 Keisei Tsudanuma Tsudanuma Depot Main Line 2.1 Keisei Makuharihongō Makuharihongō 4.0 Keisei Makuhari Makuhari 5.3 Kemigawa 8.1 Keisei Inage 9.9 Midori-dai 10.9 Nishi-Nobuto 11.7 Shin-Chiba Chiba Sobu Main Line Chiba Urban Monorail: Lines 1, 2 12.3 Keisei Chiba Keisei Chiba (old)moved in 1958 12.9 Chiba Chūō Hon-Chiba Uchibō, Sotobō lines 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.

Route data

• Length: 12.9 km
• Gauge: 1,435 mm
• Electrification: 1,500 V DC

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
KS26	Keisei-Tsudanuma	京成津田沼	-	0.0	Keisei Main Line(some through services mornings/evenings for Keisei Ueno) Shin-Keisei Line(some through services during the daytime for Matsudo)	Narashino
KS52	Keisei Makuharihongō	京成幕張本郷	2.1	2.1	JR Chūō-Sōbu Line (Makuharihongō Station: JB34)	Hanamigawa	Chiba
KS53	Keisei-Makuhari	京成幕張	1.9	4.0	JR 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
KS56	Midoridai	みどり台	1.8	9.9
KS57	Nishi-Nobuto	西登戸	1.0	10.9		Chūō
KS58	Shin-Chiba	新千葉	0.8	11.7
KS59	Keisei-Chiba	京成千葉	0.6	12.3	Chūō-Sōbu Line (Chiba Station: JB39) Sōbu Line (Rapid) (Chiba Station: JO28) ■ Sōbu Main Line (Chiba Station) ■ Sotobō Line (Chiba Station) Chiba Urban Monorail (Chiba Station)
KS60	Chiba-Chūō	千葉中央	0.6	12.9	Keisei Chihara Line (some through services)

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.

References

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

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