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Shibayama Railway

Shibayama Railway Line
Shibayama Railway Logo.SVG
Shibayama 3600 series 20070307.jpg
A Keisei 3600 series EMU in Shibayama Railway livery in March 2007
Overview
System Functionally part of Keisei Electric Railway network
Locale Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Termini Higashi-Narita
Shibayama-Chiyoda
Stations 2
Daily ridership 2,458 (2008)
Operation
Opened October 22, 2002
Owner Shibayama Railway Co., Ltd.
Operator(s) Shibayama Railway, by Keisei Electric Railway crews
Rolling stock Keisei 3600 series EMU
Technical
Line length 2.2 km
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC
Route map
Keisei Higashi-Narita Line
0.0 KS44 Higashi-Narita
Shibayama Railway Line
Keisei Main Line/Keisei Narita Airport Line
Narita Line
KS42 Narita Airport
2.2 SR01 Shibayama-Chiyoda

Shibayama Railway Co., Ltd. (芝山鉄道株式会社 Shibayama Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a railway company in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It operates Japan's shortest independent railway line, the 2.2 km Shibayama Railway Line between Higashi-Narita Station and Shibayama-Chiyoda Station, largely underneath Narita International Airport.

Narita International Airport Corporation owns a 68.39% majority stake in Shibayama Railway as of July 2009. The remainder is owned by Keisei Electric Railway, Japan Airlines, the prefectural government, and others.

Although the Shibayama Railway is an independent operator, it functionally resembles an extension of the Keisei Electric Railway; the line is operated using equipment and crews leased from Keisei, and Shibayama-Chiyoda Station is designed to resemble a Keisei station. Most Shibayama Railway trains provide local service to Keisei Narita Station past Higashi-Narita; a few local trains run through to Keisei Ueno Station, and express trains operate during rush hours through the Keisei Line and Toei Asakusa Line to terminate at Nishi-Magome Station, or at Haneda Airport Station on the Keikyū Airport Line. The 92.8 km Haneda run goes through tracks of 6 different rail lines and requires coordination among 4 operators, namely, Shibayama, Keisei Main, Keisei Oshiage, Toei Asakusa, Keikyū Main, and finally Keikyū Airport Line.


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