Shin-Keisei Line


The Shin-Keisei Line 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 on the Keisei Chiba Line.

Stations

All trains are based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.

Former

The line was originally opened in 1929 with a track gauge of 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 the first section of the line, 2.5 km from to, 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 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 to match the standard gauge used by Keisei Electric Railway.