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Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
1-10-3, Oshiage, Sumida-ku
Tokyo 131-8555, Japan
Tel. +81-3-3621-2231

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.keisei.co.jp
 Employees: 6,898

Keisei Electric Railway may not be able to get you all the way to Futureworld, but the company's trains can get you from the New Tokyo International Airport to downtown Tokyo in less than an hour. In addition to its primary business, rail transportation, the company owns about a quarter of Oriental Land, which operates Tokyo Disneyland. Keisei Electric Railway moves its passengers on about 540 cars through 64 stations on a network of some 102 km (65 miles) of track, primarily in Tokyo and the Chiba prefecture. The company also carries cargo on six rail cars and has interests in real estate development.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2008:
Sales: $633.0M

Officers:
Chairman: Hiroshi Ohtsuka
President and CEO: Tsutomu Hanada
Managing Director, General Accounting Division: Akira Iguchi

Competitors:
Central Japan Railway
East Japan Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway

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Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd.
京成電鉄株式会社
Type Public KK (TYO: 9009)
Founded June 30, 1909
Headquarters Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Tsutomu Hanada, President
Industry Private railroad
Employees 1,872 (2005)
Subsidiaries Keisei Bus
Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Hokuso Railway
Website www.keisei.co.jp
AE100 series　Skyliner train, Keisei's express service from Tokyo to Narita Airport

The Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (京成電鉄株式会社 Keisei Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of contractions of "Tokyo (Capital)" Kei and "Narita" sei which the railways main line connects. 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 express train called the Skyliner from Ueno and Nippori to Narita 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 share of the Oriental Land Company which manages the Tokyo Disney Resort.

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History

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.

Originally a narrow gauge operator, Keisei converted to standard gauge in 1959. In 1960, Keisei began through service with the Toei Asakusa Line, the first interline through service arrangement in Japan.

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.

Lines

Keisei operates 102.4 km of railway which consists of one trunk line named the Main Line and five branchlines.

Line name Japanese Endpoints Distance
(km)		 Type1
Main Line 本線 Keisei-Ueno – (Komaino Junction) 67.2 1
(Komaino Junction) – Narita Airport 2.1 2
Oshiage Line 押上線 Oshiage – Aoto 5.7 1
Chiba Line 千葉線 Keisei-Tsudanuma – Chiba Chūō 12.9 1
Chihara Line 千原線 Chiba Chūō – Chiharadai 10.9 1
Higashi-Narita Line 東成田線 Keisei-Narita – Higashi-narita 7.1 1
Kanamachi Line 金町線 Keisei-Takasago – Keisei-Kanamachi 2.5 1
Total 102.4
Projected lines
(Chihara Line extension) Chiharadai – Amaariki 8.2 1
(Narita Rapid Railway) Keisei Takasago – Narita Airport 51.4 2

Legend

  1. "Type" indicates the type of railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. Type 1 operator owns and operates the railway while Type 2 operator operates but does not owns the railway.

Subsidiaries

Keisei Group includes:

Companies related to Keisei, although not a group member:

External links

Gallery

Keisei Headquarters

Keisei 3000 series commuter train

3600 series, leased to Shibayama Railway
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Keisei lines
Keisei lines
Chiba • Chihara • Higashi-Narita • Kanamachi • Main • Oshiage
Related lines
Major stations
Related companies
v • d • e
16 major and 6 semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region
Keikyū · Keiō · Keisei · * Shin-Keisei · Odakyū · Seibu · Sōtetsu · Tōbu · Tōkyū · Tokyo Metro
Chūbu region
Kinki region
Kintetsu · Nankai · Keihan · Hanshin · Hankyū · * Semboku Rapid · * Kitakyū · * Shintetsu · * Kobe Rapid · * Sanyō
Kyūshū region
Related topics
JR・Japan National Railways・Association of Japanese Private Railways・PASMO・Tranpass・Kansai Thru Pass・PiTaPa・Nimoca
* Semi-major rail operators
v • d • e
Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
(Tokyo Urban/Suburban Area)
■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) · ○Fukutoshin (F) · ○Ginza (G) · ○Hibiya (H) · ○Marunouchi (M) · ○Namboku (N) · ○Tōzai (T) · ○Yūrakuchō (Y) · ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) · ○Ōedo (E) · ○Mita (I) · ○Shinjuku (S) · Guideway: Nippori-Toneri · Streetcar: Arakawa
Major private networks (#)
Keikyū (5) · Keiō (7) · Keisei (7) · Odakyū (3) · Seibu (13) · Sōtetsu (2) · Tōbu (12) · Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Cable Cars/Aerial tramways
Major Terminals
Miscellaneous

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