Keisei Chiba Line

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

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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 Midoridai 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[]

• All trains are local trains that stop at all stations.

Operation Pattern[]

The local train on the line stops at every station. In the daytime, Shin-Keisei through service trains from Keisei Tsudanuma to Chiharadai station and 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 6 cars long maximum, due to the platform length restriction at the intermediate stops between Keisei Tsudanuma Station and Keisei Chiba Station. 4 car trains are abolished due to a timetable revision on December 8th, 2018.^[1] 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".

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[]

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