Keisei Narita Airport Line
Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access Line) | |
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![]() A Keisei AE series EMU on a Skyliner limited express service on the Keisei Narita Airport Line in July 2021 | |
Overview | |
Owner | Keisei Electric Railway |
Locale | Tokyo, Chiba prefectures |
Termini | Keisei-Takasago Narita Airport Terminal 1 |
Stations | 8 |
Service | |
Type | Commuter rail |
Operator(s) | Keisei Electric Railway |
Rolling stock | Keisei 3000 series, Keisei 3050 series, Keisei 3100 series, Keisei 3700 series, Keisei AE series, Keikyu 600 series, Keikyu N1000 series |
History | |
Opened | 2010 |
Technical | |
Line length | 51.4 km (31.9 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary |
Operating speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) |
The Keisei Narita Airport Line (京成成田空港線, Keisei-Narita-Kūkō-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded Narita Sky Access (成田スカイアクセス, Narita-sukai-akusesu).
The Keisei Electric Railway operates over the entire line, while other companies operate over certain sections of it, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner limited express services operating at up to 160 km/h using new Keisei AE series EMUs.
Operations[]
Trains utilize the Keisei Electric Railway's Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h, thus completing the run from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 in a minimum of 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes. The reserved-seat Keisei Skyliner limited express fare for the route between Narita airport and either Nippori or Ueno stations is ¥2,400 and takes 36-41 min., but the Access Express commuter fast train costs ¥1,270 and takes about 60 min.[1][2] Express trains also operate to Haneda Airport from Narita Airport via Keisei-Takasago and Aoto then via the Keisei Oshiage Line to Oshiage, and on the Toei Asakusa Line via Shimbashi to Sengakuji, the Keikyu Main Line and via Shinagawa to the Keikyu Airport Line. This makes it possible to connect the two airports in a minimum of around 90 minutes, compared to the previous minimum of 106 minutes.[3] Many Express trains separate (or connect) at Aoto or Takasago station and continue to the Keikyu Haneda International Airport station (¥1,630, about 90-100 min.) or one can transfer at Shinagawa or Keikyū Kamata (on the way to Haneda) to stay on the Keikyu Main Line for Yokohama (¥1,630, about 101 min.).
There are also plans to build a spur from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via the Keisei Oshiage Line.
Basic data[]
- Total length: 51.4 km (31.9 mi)
- Service operators and track owners:[* 1]
Station | Keisei-Takasago | Komuro | Inba-Nihon-Idai | (Tsuchiya) | Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 | Narita Airport Terminal 1 | ||||
Operating carrier | Keisei Electric Railway (Category 2) | |||||||||
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Hokusō Railway (Category 1) |
Hokusō Railway (Category 2) |
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Category 2) | ||||||||
Owner | Chiba New Town Railway (Category 3) |
Narita Rapid Rail Access (Category 3) |
Narita Airport Rapid Railway (Category 3) | |||||||
Tracks | Existing | New Section | Existing |
- ^ Descriptions of the various categories are available at Rail transport in Japan.
Station list[]
Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "|".[4]
No. | Station | Japanese | Access Express |
Skyliner | Transfers | Location | |
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KS10 | Keisei-Takasago | 京成高砂 | ● | | | Katsushika, Tokyo | ||
HS05 | Higashi-Matsudo | 東松戸 | ● | | |
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Matsudo | Chiba |
HS08 | Shin-Kamagaya | 新鎌ヶ谷 | ● | | |
|
Kamagaya | |
HS12 | Chiba New Town Chūō | 千葉ニュータウン中央 | ● | | | HS Hokusō Line | Inzai | |
HS14 | Imba Nihon-idai | 印旛日本医大 | ● | | | HS Hokusō Line | ||
KS43 | Narita Yukawa | 成田湯川 | ● | | | Narita | ||
KS41 | Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 | 空港第2ビル | ● | ● |
| ||
KS42 | Narita Airport Terminal 1 | 成田空港 | ● | ● |
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History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Skyliner_route_Narita_Sky_Access.svg/240px-Skyliner_route_Narita_Sky_Access.svg.png)
Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010. The line involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km of new dual track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.[5]
References[]
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
- ^ Keisei Skyliner fares
- ^ Matsutani, Minoru, "Skyliner to get quicker but pricier Narita link", Japan Times, February 12, 2010, p. 3.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2008-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ 京成電鉄プレスリリース(2009年12月16日) Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Narita New Rapid Railway Development Project" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2006-09-11.
External links[]
- New Skyliner (in Japanese)
- Narita Rapid Rail Access Co. Ltd. (in Japanese)
- Railway lines in Japan
- Railway lines in Chiba Prefecture
- Railway lines in Tokyo
- Airport rail links in Japan
- Narita International Airport
- Standard gauge railways in Japan
- Railway lines opened in 2010
- Railway lines in highway medians