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Keisei Railway 

Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd.
京成電鉄株式会社
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

Skyliner, Keisei's express train from Tokyo to Narita Airport
Skyliner, Keisei's express train from Tokyo to Narita Airport

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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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.

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
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

  1. "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.

Subsidiaries

Keisei Group includes, but not limited to:

Companies related to Keisei, although not a group member:

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Gallery

Keisei Headquarters

Keisei 3000 series trainset

Keisei 3600 series trainset, used for local and express services
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