Keisei Electric Railway
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| Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. 京成電鉄株式会社 |
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| Type | Public KK (TYO: 9009) |
| Founded | June 30, 1909 |
| Headquarters | Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Tsutomu Hanada, President |
| Industry | Private railroad |
| Employees | 1,872 (2005) |
| Subsidiaries | Keisei Bus Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Hokuso Railway |
| Website | www.keisei.co.jp |
The Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (京成電鉄株式会社 Keisei Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of contractions of "Tokyo (Capital)" Kei and "Narita" sei which the railways main line connects. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and the eastern suburb cities of Funabashi, Narashino, Yachiyo, and Sakura. Keisei runs an airport express train called the Skyliner from Ueno and Nippori to Narita International Airport.
In addition to its railway business, the Keisei Electric Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services and a small empire of real estate holdings. It owns a large share of the Oriental Land Company which manages the Tokyo Disney Resort.
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[edit] History
Keisei was founded on June 30, 1909 and began services on November 3, 1912, initially operating local train service in eastern Tokyo. Its main line reached Narita in 1930 and Ueno in 1933.
Originally a narrow gauge operator, Keisei converted to standard gauge in 1959. In 1960, Keisei began through service with the Toei Asakusa Line, the first interline through service arrangement in Japan.
Skyliner service began in 1973 and started serving the airport in 1978, when the first Narita Airport Station opened (today's Higashi-Narita station). A new underground station was opened in 1991 to provide a more direct connection to terminal 1, and in 1992 service began to terminal 2.
[edit] Lines
Keisei operates 102.4 km of railway which consists of one trunk line named the Main Line and five branchlines.
| Line name | Japanese | Endpoints | Distance (km) |
Type1 |
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| Main Line | 本線 | Keisei-Ueno – (Komaino Junction) | 67.2 | 1 |
| (Komaino Junction) – Narita Airport | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| Oshiage Line | 押上線 | Oshiage – Aoto | 5.7 | 1 |
| Chiba Line | 千葉線 | Keisei-Tsudanuma – Chiba Chūō | 12.9 | 1 |
| Chihara Line | 千原線 | Chiba Chūō – Chiharadai | 10.9 | 1 |
| Higashi-Narita Line | 東成田線 | Keisei-Narita – Higashi-narita | 7.1 | 1 |
| Kanamachi Line | 金町線 | Keisei-Takasago – Keisei-Kanamachi | 2.5 | 1 |
| Total | 102.4 | |||
| Projected lines | ||||
| (Chihara Line extension) | Chiharadai – Amaariki | 8.2 | 1 | |
| (Narita Rapid Railway) | Keisei Takasago – Narita Airport | 51.4 | 2 | |
Legend
- "Type" indicates the type of railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. Type 1 operator owns and operates the railway while Type 2 operator operates but does not owns the railway.
[edit] Subsidiaries
Keisei Group includes, but not limited to:
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway (Shin-Keisei Line)
- Chiba Newtown Railway
- Hokusō Railway (Hokusō Line)
- Kantō Railway
- Kashima Railway Company (Kashima Railway Line)
- Kominato Railway (Kominato Line)
- Maihama Resort Line (Disney Resort Line)
- Narita Airport Rapid Railway (Narita Rapid Railway)
- Nokogiriyama Ropeway
- The Oriental Land Company
- Tsukuba Kankō Railway (Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car and Mt. Tsukuba Ropeway)
Companies related to Keisei, although not a group member:
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official site
- (English) English part of official site
[edit] Gallery
 Keisei Headquarters |
 Keisei 3000 series trainset |
 Keisei 3600 series trainset, used for local and express services |
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