Keisei Electric Railway

The Keisei Electric Railway Company, Ltd.[2] (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) and 成 from Narita (成田, Narita), which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. 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 limited express train called the Skyliner from Ueno and Nippori to Narita International Airport.

Keisei Electric Railway Company, Ltd.
Native name
京成電鉄株式会社
Keisei Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha
TypePublic KK
TYO: 9009
Nikkei 225 component
IndustryPrivate railroad
Founded30 June 1909 (1909-06-30)
HeadquartersYawata, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Key people
Tsutomu Hanada (President)
OwnersNippon Life (3.50%)
The Oriental Land Company (3.41 cross shareholding)
Mizuho Bank (3.33%)
Number of employees
1,728 (2019)[1]
SubsidiariesKeisei Bus
Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Hokuso Railway
Websitewww.keisei.co.jp
Keisei Electric Railway mon, introduced in 1964

In addition to its railway business, the Keisei Electric Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services and some real estate holdings. It owns a large share of the Oriental Land Company which owns and manages the Tokyo Disney Resort. Keisei is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index.[3]

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.[4]

Originally a narrow gauge (1,372 mm or 4 ft 6 in Scotch gauge) operator, Keisei converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 1959. In 1960, Keisei began through service with the Toei Asakusa Line, the first interline through service arrangement in Japan.[4]

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.[4] On July 17, 2010, Skyliner switched its route to the newly built Narita Sky Access and reduced the travel time by 15 minutes.

Lines

Keisei operates 152.8 km of railway which consists of one trunk line named the Main Line and six branchlines.[1]

Line name Japanese Endpoints Distance
(km)		 Type1
Main Line 本線 Keisei-Ueno – Komaino Junction 67.2 1
Komaino Junction – Narita Airport Terminal 1 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
Narita Airport Line
(Narita Sky Access)		 成田空港線 Keisei-Takasago – Narita Airport Terminal 1 51.4 2
Overlap Keisei-Narita – Komaino Junction2 (6.0) 1
Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 – Narita Airport Terminal 13 (1.0) 2
Total 152.8
Projected lines (exp. 2029)
(Chihara Line extension) Chiharadai – Amaariki 8.2 1

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.
  2. This section is shared by the Main Line and the Higashi-Narita Line.
  3. This section is shared by the Main Line and the Narita Airport Line.

Subsidiaries

Keisei Group includes:

Companies related to Keisei, although not a group member:

Rolling stock

Limited express
  • AE series

Commuter
  • 3000 series
  • 3050 series
  • 3400 series
  • 3500 series
  • 3600 series
  • 3700 series

Limited express
  • AE series
  • AE100 series

Commuter
  • 1 series (1912-1927)
  • 20 series (1921-1971)
  • 33/39/45 series (1923-1978)
  • 300 series (1955-1982)
  • 100/126 series (1926-1987)
  • 200/210/220/500/510 series (1931-1990)
  • 210/2000/2100 series (1932-1985)
  • 700/2200 series (1954-1982)
  • 750/2250 series (1954-1973)
  • 1100 series (1941-1987)
  • 1500 series (1941-1987)
  • 2000 series (1948-1990)
  • 3000 series (1958-1991)
  • 3050 series (1959-1995)
  • 3100 series (1960-1998)
  • 3150 series (1963-2001)
  • 3200 series (1964-2007)
  • 3300 series (1968-2015)
  • 3200 series
  • 3300 series

See also

References
  1. "KEISEI Group | IR/Corporate Information". KEISEI Group. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. 京成電鉄株式会社, Keisei Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha
  3. "Components - Nikkei Indexes". Retrieved 17 Mar 2020.
  4. "KEISEI Group | IR/Corporate Information". KEISEI Group. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. "Keisei". All About Japanese Trains. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.