Higashi-Narita Station
東成田駅 |
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Higashi-Narita Station in July 2010
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Location | 124 Komae, Furugome, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
Operated by |
Keisei Electric Railway Shibayama Railway |
Line(s) |
Keisei Higashi-Narita Line Shibayama Railway Line |
Distance | 7.4 km from Keisei Narita |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
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Station code | KS44 |
History | |
Opened | 21 May 1978 |
Previous names | Narita Airport (until 1991) |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2009) | 2,613 daily |
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Higashi-Narita Station (東成田駅 Higashi Narita-eki?) is a railway station in Narita, Chiba, Japan, operated jointly by the private railway operators Keisei Electric Railway and Shibayama Railway.
Higashi-Narita Station is served by the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line from Keisei Narita, with some morning and evening peak through services to and from Keisei Ueno in Tokyo via the Keisei Main Line. Higashi-Narita Station lies 7.4 km from the starting point of the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line at Keisei Narita. It is also served by the 2.2 km Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda Station.
Higashi-Narita Station is an underground station with an island platform serving two tracks.
The station concourse in June 2015
The ticket barriers in July 2010
The platforms in December 2012
The station opened on May 21, 1978, as Narita Airport Station (成田空港駅 Narita Kūkō-eki?). Passengers who took the Keisei Electric Railway to Narita Airport would disembark at the station and then either take a shuttle bus for an additional fare or walk to the terminal (present-day Terminal 1, which was the sole passenger terminal of the airport until 1992). A dedicated railway station at Terminal 1 opened in 1991 with the name Narita Airport Station, and the former Narita Airport Station was then renamed Higashi-Narita Station. Many of the former stores located in the lobby area of the station have been blocked off by a wall, and one of the two island platforms is now no longer accessible. From October 2002, the Shibayama Railway Line began operations.