Keisei Chiba Line

Keisei Chiba Line
Keisei Chiba Line
	Keisei 3000 series EMU on the Chiba Line, January 2025
Overview
Native name	京成千葉線
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
Termini	Keisei Tsudanuma; Chiba Chūō;
Stations	10
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator	Keisei Electric Railway
History
Opened	17 July 1921; 105 years ago
Technical
Line length	12.9 km (8.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map
Route map
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	Keisei
	Makuharihongō
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	closed 1958
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The Keisei Chiba Line (Japanese: 京成千葉線, Hepburn: 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.

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.

Shin-Keisei Line (Keisei Matsudo Line from April 2025) through services commenced on 10 December 2006.

Stations

All stations are in Chiba Prefecture. All trains are local trains that stop at all stations.

No.	Station	Distance in km (mi)		Transfers	Location
No.	Station	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
↑ Through-running to/from Keisei-Ueno via the Main Line (mornings/evenings) or Matsudo via the Matsudo Line (daytime) ↑
KS26	Keisei Tsudanuma 京成津田沼	N/a	0 (0)	Main Line (some through services) Matsudo Line (some through services)	Narashino
KS52	Keisei Makuharihongō 京成幕張本郷	2.1 (1.3)	2.1 (1.3)	Chūō–Sōbu Line (Makuharihongō: JB34)	Hanamigawa, Chiba
KS53	Keisei Makuhari 京成幕張	1.9 (1.2)	4.0 (2.5)	Chūō–Sōbu Line (Makuhari: JB35)
KS54	Kemigawa 検見川	1.3 (0.81)	5.3 (3.3)
KS55	Keisei Inage 京成稲毛	2.8 (1.7)	8.1 (5.0)		Inage, Chiba
KS56	Midori-dai みどり台	1.8 (1.1)	9.9 (6.2)		Inage, Chiba
KS57	Nishi-Nobuto 西登戸	1.0 (0.62)	10.9 (6.8)		Chūō, Chiba
KS58	Shin-Chiba 新千葉	0.8 (0.50)	11.7 (7.3)
KS59	Keisei Chiba 京成千葉	0.6 (0.37)	12.3 (7.6)	Chūō–Sōbu Line (Chiba: JB39) Sōbu Line (Chiba: JO28) ■ Uchibō Line (Chiba) ■ Sotobō Line (Chiba) ■ Narita Line (Chiba) ■ Sōbu Main Line (Chiba) Chiba Urban Monorail (Chiba: CM03)
KS60	Chiba-Chūō 千葉中央	0.6 (0.37)	12.9 (8.0)	Chihara Line (some through services)
↓ Through-running to/from Chiharadai via the Chihara Line ↓

Operation Pattern

In the daytime, trains from Keisei Tsudanuma to Chiharadai station and Shin-Keisei through services from Matsudo to Chiba-Chuo run at 20-minute intervals. On the Keisei Chiba Line, trains operate at 10-minute intervals. All trains are at most 6 cars long due to the platform length restriction at the intermediate stops between Keisei Tsudanuma Station and Keisei Chiba Station. Four-car trains were also used on the line, but they were discontinued at the start of the 8 December 2018 timetable revision.

There are also trains to and from Keisei Ueno Station on the Main Line during mornings and evenings. In the morning, trains towards Keisei Tsudanuma operate at the same 10-minute interval as other trains, and trains towards Chiba Chuo operate every 6 to 10 minutes.

References

↑ "新京成線、4月から｢京成松戸線｣に利用客ら別れ惜しむ" [Shin-Keisei Line to become "Keisei Matsudo Line" from April, passengers sad to part ways]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
↑ 新京成電鉄が京成電鉄千葉線へ乗入れ [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway enters the Keisei Chiba Line!]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 47, no. 550. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2007. pp. 90–91 – via railf-library.jp.
↑ "京成線ダイヤ改正を実施します" [Keisei Line timetable revision] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Keisei Group. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

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[1] "新京成線、4月から｢京成松戸線｣に利用客ら別れ惜しむ" [Shin-Keisei Line to become "Keisei Matsudo Line" from April, passengers sad to part ways]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

[railfan550-2] 新京成電鉄が京成電鉄千葉線へ乗入れ [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway enters the Keisei Chiba Line!]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 47, no. 550. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2007. pp. 90–91 – via railf-library.jp.

[3] "京成線ダイヤ改正を実施します" [Keisei Line timetable revision] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Keisei Group. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

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