Shin-Keisei Line

Shin-Keisei Line
An N800 series electric multiple unit in revised livery in March 2015
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Matsudo Keisei Tsudanuma
Stations	24
Operation
Opened	December 27, 1947
Operator(s)	Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s)	Kunugiyama, Tsudanuma
Rolling stock	8000, 8800, 8900, N800 series
Technical
Line length	26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	85 km/h (55 mph)

The Shin-Keisei Line (新京成線, Shin-Keisei-sen^?) 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.

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 Chiba Chūō on the Keisei Chiba Line.

All trains are based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.

Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Shin-Keisei 8800 series in revised livery in September 2014

Shin-Keisei 8900 series in revised livery in September 2014

Shin-Keisei N800 series in revised livery in March 2015

Keisei 200 series

Shin-Keisei 800 series

The line was originally opened in 1929 with a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 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 (overhead) the first section of the line, 2.5 km from Shin-Tsudanuma to Yakuendai, on 27 December 1947. The Yukuendai - Takifudo section was reopened in 1948, and extended to Hatsutomi the following year.