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Keisei Electric Railway headquarters building
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Native name | 京成電鉄株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Keisei Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 9009 Nikkei 225 component | |
| Industry | Private railroad |
| Founded | 30 June 1909; 114 years ago (1909-06-30) |
| Headquarters | Yawata, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
Key people | Tsutomu Hanada (Chairman) Toshiya Kobayashi [jp] (Representative Director & President) |
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Number of employees | 1,728 (2019)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | The Oriental Land Company (22.06%) Keisei Bus Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Hokuso Railway |
| Website | www |
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)and 成 from Narita (成田), 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 NipporitoNarita International Airport.
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, controlling, 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]
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 mmor4 ft 6 in Scotch gauge) operator, Keisei convertedto1,435 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.[5]
On 31 October 2023, Keisei announced plans to acquire its subsidiary Shin-Keisei Electric Railway.[6][7] The acquisition is expected to be completed by April 2025. Plans for the renaming of the existing Shin Keisei Line are expected to be revealed at a later date.
Keisei operates 152.8 km (94.9 mi) of railway that consists of one trunk line named the Main Line and six branch lines.[1]
| Line name | Japanese | Endpoints | Distance | Type1 |
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| Main Line | 本線 | Keisei-Ueno – Komaino Junction | 67.2 km (41.8 mi) | 1 |
| Komaino Junction – Narita Airport Terminal 1 | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) | 2 | ||
| Oshiage Line | 押上線 | Oshiage – Aoto | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) | 1 |
| Chiba Line | 千葉線 | Keisei-Tsudanuma – Chiba Chūō | 12.9 km (8.0 mi) | 1 |
| Chihara Line | 千原線 | Chiba Chūō – Chiharadai | 10.9 km (6.8 mi) | 1 |
| Higashi-Narita Line | 東成田線 | Keisei-Narita – Higashi-Narita | 7.1 km (4.4 mi) | 1 |
| Kanamachi Line | 金町線 | Keisei-Takasago – Keisei-Kanamachi | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) | 1 |
| Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access) |
成田空港線 | Keisei-Takasago – Narita Airport Terminal 1 | 51.4 km (31.9 mi) | 2 |
| Overlap | Keisei-Narita – Komaino Junction2 | (6.0 km (3.7 mi)) | 1 | |
| Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 – Narita Airport Terminal 13 | (1.0 km (0.6 mi)) | 2 | ||
| Total | 152.8 km (94.9 mi) | |||
| Projected lines (exp. 2029) | ||||
| (Chihara Line extension) | Chiharadai – Amaariki | 8.2 km (5.1 mi) | 1 | |
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