Keisei Narita Airport Line

Not to be confused with Skyliner.

The Keisei Narita Airport Line (京成成田空港線, Keisei Narita Kūkō-sen) is a Japanese railway line connecting Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded Narita Sky Access (成田スカイアクセス, Narita Sukai Akusesu).

Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access Line)
A Keisei AE series EMU on a Skyliner limited express service on the Keisei Narita Airport Line in July 2021
Overview
Owner	Keisei Electric Railway
Locale	Tokyo, Chiba prefectures
Termini	Keisei-Takasago Narita Airport Terminal 1
Stations	8
Service
Type	Higher-speed rail/Airport rail link
Operator(s)	Keisei Electric Railway
Rolling stock	Keisei 3000 series, Keisei 3050 series, Keisei 3100 series, Keisei 3700 series, Keisei AE series, Keikyu 600 series, Keikyu N1000 series, Toei 5500 series
History
Opened	17 July 2010; 15 years ago (2010-07-17)
Technical
Line length	51.4 km (31.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead catenary)
Operating speed	160 km/h (100 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	C-ATS

The Keisei Electric Railway operates over the entire line, while other companies operate over certain sections of it, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner limited express services operating at up to 160 km/h (100 mph) using Keisei AE series EMUs.

Operations

Trains utilize the Keisei Electric Railway's Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h (100 mph), thus completing the run from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 in a minimum of 36 minutes (15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes). The reserved-seat Keisei Skyliner limited express fare for the route between Narita airport and either Nippori or Ueno stations is ¥2,580 and takes 36–41 minutes, while the Access Express commuter fast train costs ¥1,280 and takes 63–69 minutes.^[1][2] Express trains also operate towards Haneda Airport from Narita Airport (in a long chain of through service via Keisei-Takasago, Aoto, Oshiage, Sengakuji/Shinagawa, and Keikyū-Kamata), connecting the two airports in 92–109 minutes for a fare of ¥1,850.

There are also plans to build a spur from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via Keisei Oshiage Line.

Basic data

• Total length: 51.4 km (31.9 mi)
• Service operators and track owners:^{[* 1]}

Station	Keisei-Takasago	Komuro		Inba-Nihon-Idai		(Tsuchiya)		Narita Airport Terminal 2·3		Narita Airport Terminal 1
Operating carrier	Keisei Electric Railway (Category 2)
	Hokusō Railway (Category 1)		Hokusō Railway (Category 2)				East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Category 2)
Owner			Chiba New Town Railway (Category 3)		Narita Rapid Rail Access (Category 3)		Narita Airport Rapid Railway (Category 3)
Tracks	Existing				New Section				Existing

1. Descriptions of the various categories are available at Rail transport in Japan.

Station list

Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass those marked "｜".^[3] Some Skyliner trains stop at stations marked "▲".^[4]

No.	Station	Japanese	Access Express	Skyliner	Transfers	Location
↑ Through-running via the KS Keisei Main Line and KS Keisei Oshiage Line to/from ↑ Keisei Ueno via the KS Keisei Main Line Nishi-Magome via the A Toei Asakusa Line Yokohama via the A Toei Asakusa Line and KK Keikyū Main Line, and Misakiguchi via the KK Keikyū Kurihama Line To/from Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 and Terminal 3 via the A Toei Asakusa Line, KK Keikyū Main Line, and KK Keikyū Airport Line
KS10	Keisei-Takasago	京成高砂	●	｜	KS Keisei Main Line (Through Service) KS Keisei Kanamachi Line HS Hokusō Line	Katsushika, Tokyo
HS05	Higashi-Matsudo	東松戸	●	｜	HS Hokusō Line JM Musashino Line (JM13)	Matsudo	Chiba
HS08	Shin-Kamagaya	新鎌ヶ谷	●	▲	HS Hokusō Line KS Keisei Matsudo Line (KS78) TD Tobu Urban Park Line (TD30)	Kamagaya
HS12	Chiba New Town Chūō	千葉ニュータウン中央	●	｜	HS Hokusō Line	Inzai
HS14	Imba Nihon-idai	印旛日本医大	●	｜	HS Hokusō Line
KS43	Narita Yukawa	成田湯川	●	｜		Narita
KS41	Narita Airport Terminal 2·3	空港第2ビル	●	●	KS Keisei Main Line ■ Narita Line (Airport branch) (JO36)
KS42	Narita Airport Terminal 1	成田空港	●	●	KS Keisei Main Line ■ Narita Line (Airport branch) (JO37)

History

The Keisei Narita Airport Line in relation to existing tracks

Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010.^[5] The line involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km (20.1 mi) of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km (11.9 mi) of new dual track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.^[6] From the timetable revision on February 26, 2022, Toei 5500 series trains began operating on the line on weekdays.^[7]

In October 2022, Keisei announced that certain Skyliner trains would begin serving Shin-Kamagaya Station with the intent of improving access to Kashiwa and Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture.^[8] The planned implementation took place on 26 November 2022.^[9]