Shin-Keisei Line

Shin-Keisei Line
An N800 series electric multiple unit in revised livery in March 2015
Overview
Locale	Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Matsudo Keisei Tsudanuma
Stations	24
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s)	Kunugiyama, Tsudanuma
Rolling stock	8000, 8800, 8900, N800 series
History
Opened	December 27, 1947
Technical
Line length	26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	85 km/h (55 mph)

The Shin-Keisei Line (新京成線, Shin-Keisei-sen) is a railway line in Japan owned by the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Chiba.

Operations

All trains stop at all stations. Most trains operate throughout the line, although during the morning hours, some services terminate at Shin-Tsudanuma. In mornings and nights some trains originate or terminate at Kunugiyama.

Services operate at a frequency of one train every 4 minutes in the morning peak, every 10 minutes during the day, and every 8 minutes in the evening peak. During the daytime, Shin-Keisei runs alternate through trains to Chiba Chūō on the Keisei Chiba Line.

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
			Between stations	Total
	Matsudo	松戸	-	0.0	Joban Line	Matsudo
	Kamihongō	上本郷	1.7	1.7
	Matsudo-Shinden	松戸新田	0.7	2.4
	Minoridai	みのり台	0.6	3.0
	Yabashira	八柱	0.8	3.8	Musashino Line (Shin-Yahashira Station)
	Tokiwadaira	常盤平	1.8	5.6
	Gokō	五香	1.8	7.4
	Motoyama	元山	1.3	8.7
	Kunugiyama	くぬぎ山	0.9	9.6		Kamagaya
	Kita-Hatsutomi	北初富	1.7	11.3
	Shin-Kamagaya	新鎌ヶ谷	0.8	12.1	Hokusō Line Narita Sky Access Line Tobu Urban Park Line
	Hatsutomi	初富	1.2	13.3
	Kamagaya-Daibutsu	鎌ヶ谷大仏	2.1	15.4
	Futawa-Mukōdai	二和向台	0.9	16.3		Funabashi
	Misaki	三咲	0.8	17.1
	Takifudō	滝不動	1.4	18.5
	Takane-Kōdan	高根公団	1.0	19.5
	Takane-Kido	高根木戸	0.6	20.1
	Kita-Narashino	北習志野	0.9	21.0	Tōyō Rapid Line
	Narashino	習志野	0.7	21.7
	Yakuendai	薬園台	0.8	22.5
	Maebara	前原	1.4	23.9
	Shin-Tsudanuma	新津田沼	1.4	25.3	Sōbu Line (Tsudanuma Station)	Narashino
	Keisei-Tsudanuma	京成津田沼	1.2	26.5	Keisei Chiba Line (Some inter-running services during the daytime) Keisei Main Line

Rolling stock

• Shin-Keisei 8000 series (since 1978)
• Shin-Keisei 8800 series (since 1986)
• Shin-Keisei 8900 series (since 1993)
• Shin-Keisei N800 series (since May 2005)

All trains are based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.

• 
  Shin-Keisei 8000 series
• 
  Shin-Keisei 8800 series in revised livery in September 2014
• 
  Shin-Keisei 8900 series in revised livery in September 2014
• 
  Shin-Keisei N800 series in revised livery in March 2015

Former

• Keisei 33/39/45 series
• Keisei 100/126 series
• Keisei 200/220/250/500/550/2300 series
• Keisei 300 series
• Keisei 600 series
• Keisei 700/2200 series
• Keisei 1100 series
• Keisei 1500 series
• Keisei 2100 series
• Shin-Keisei 800 series (from 1974 until 2010)

• 
  Keisei 200 series
• 
  Shin-Keisei 800 series

History

The line was originally opened in 1929 with a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) for army training purposes, and ceased to be used in 1945.

The line was transferred to the Shin-Keisei Railway, which reopened and electrified at 1,500 V DC (overhead) the first section of the line, 2.5 km from Shin-Tsudanuma to Yakuendai, on 27 December 1947. The Yukuendai - Takifudo section was reopened in 1948, and extended to Hatsutomi the following year.

The reopened sections were regauged to 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) in October 1953, and the entire line was reopened as a single-track line by 21 April 1955. In August 1959, the line was again regauged, this time to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) to match the standard gauge used by Keisei Electric Railway.