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:Narita Line

{{short description|Railway line in Chiba prefecture, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox rail line

| name = Narita Line

| native_name = 成田線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = 2E8B57

| image = Narita-Line-Series-E231.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| image_alt = Image

| caption = An E231 series EMU on the Narita Line service in May 2021

| type = Heavy rail

| system =

| status =

| locale = Chiba Prefecture

| start = {{STN|Sakura|x|Chiba}}

| end = {{STN|Matsugishi|x}}

| stations = {{Plainlist|

  • 16 (Main Line)
  • 3 (Airport Branch)
  • 10 (Abiko Branch)

}}

| routes =

| daily_ridership =

| open = 19 January 1897

| close =

| owner = 23px JR East

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| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

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| electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} (overhead catenary)

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The Narita Line ({{langx|ja|成田線|Narita-sen}}) is the name for a combination of three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The main line connects Sakura Station and Matsugishi Station (as an alternate route to the Sōbu Main Line), and is sometimes referred to as the Samatsu Line ({{langx|ja|佐松線|Samatsu-sen|links=no}}). A branch line from Abiko Station to Narita Station is often called the Abiko Line ({{langx|ja|我孫子線|Abiko-sen|links=no}}), and a second branch, known as the Airport Line ({{langx|ja|空港線|Kūkō-sen|links=no}}) connects Narita to Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The first two lines are owned and operated by JR East; the Airport Line is owned by a separate company, Narita Airport Rapid Railway, which allows JR East and Keisei Railway to use the line for passenger services.

Stations

=Main line=

Legend:

  • ● : All trains stop
  • | : All trains pass

All stations are located in Chiba Prefecture.

table class="wikitable"

!rowspan=2 |Line name

!rowspan=2 |No.

!rowspan=2 |Station

!rowspan=2 |Japanese

!rowspan=2 |Distance (km)

!rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lavender;"|Rapid

!rowspan=2 |Transfers

!Location

Town/city
rowspan="6"|Sōbu Main Line

|{{JRSN|JO|28|size=40}}

|{{STN|Chiba|x}}

|{{lang|ja|千葉}}

|style="text-align:right;"|From
Chiba
0.0

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

|style="white-space:nowrap;"|{{Plainlist|

}}

|rowspan="2"|Chūō-ku

{{JRSN|JO|29|size=40}}

|{{STN|Higashi-Chiba|x}}

|{{lang|ja|東千葉}}

|style="text-align: right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"||

| 

{{JRSN|JO|30|size=40}}

|{{STN|Tsuga|x}}

|{{lang|ja|都賀}}

|style="text-align: right;"|4.2

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

|Chiba Urban Monorail Line 2

|Wakaba-ku

{{JRSN|JO|31|size=40}}

|{{STN|Yotsukaidō|x}}

|{{lang|ja|四街道}}

|style="text-align: right;"|7.7

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

| 

|rowspan="2"|Yotsukaidō

{{JRSN|JO|32|size=40}}

|{{STN|Monoi|x}}

|{{lang|ja|物井}}

|style="text-align: right;"|11.9

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

| 

rowspan="2"|{{JRSN|JO|33|size=40}}

|rowspan="2"|{{STN|Sakura|x|Chiba}}

|rowspan="2"|{{lang|ja|佐倉}}

|style="text-align: right;"|16.1

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

|rowspan="2"|{{Colorbull|Gold}} Sōbu Main Line (for {{STN|Narutō|x}})

|rowspan="2"|Sakura

rowspan="16"|Narita Line

|style="text-align:right;"|From
Sakura
0.0

{{JRSN|JO|34|size=40}}

|{{STN|Shisui|x}}

|{{lang|ja|酒々井}}

|style="text-align: right;"|6.4

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

|

|Shisui

{{JRSN|JO|35|size=40}}

|{{STN|Narita|x}}

|{{lang|ja|成田}}

|style="text-align: right;"|13.1

|style="text-align:center; background-color:Lavender;"|●

|{{Plainlist|

  • {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Airport branch line for {{STN|Narita Airport Terminal 1|x}}
  • {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Abiko branch line for {{STN|Abiko|x|Chiba}}
  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Main Line ({{STN|Keisei Narita|x}}: KS40)
  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Higashi-Narita Line (Keisei Narita: KS40)

}}

|rowspan=3|Narita

rowspan="15" {{n/a}}

|{{STN|Kuzumi|x}}

|{{lang|ja|久住}}

|style="text-align: right;"|20.0

|rowspan="15"| 

|

{{STN|Namegawa|x}}

|{{lang|ja|滑河}}

|style="text-align: right;"|25.5

|

{{STN|Shimōsa-Kōzaki|x}}

|{{lang|ja|下総神崎}}

|style="text-align: right;"|31.6

|

|Kozaki

{{STN|Ōto|x}}

|{{lang|ja|大戸}}

|style="text-align: right;"|36.1

|

|rowspan=5|Katori

{{STN|Sawara|x}}

|{{lang|ja|佐原}}

|style="text-align: right;"|40.0

|{{Colorbull|Brown}} Kashima Line

{{STN|Katori|x}}

|{{lang|ja|香取}}

|style="text-align: right;"|43.6

|{{Colorbull|Brown}} Kashima Line

{{STN|Suigo|x}}

|{{lang|ja|水郷}}

|style="text-align: right;"|47.5

|

{{STN|Omigawa|x}}

|{{lang|ja|小見川}}

|style="text-align: right;"|52.7

|

{{STN|Sasagawa|x}}

|{{lang|ja|笹川}}

|style="text-align: right;"|57.7

|

|rowspan=2|Tonosho

{{STN|Shimōsa-Tachibana|x}}

|{{lang|ja|下総橘}}

|style="text-align: right;"|62.9

|

{{STN|Shimōsa-Toyosato|x}}

|{{lang|ja|下総豊里}}

|style="text-align: right;"|66.2

|

|rowspan=5|Chōshi

{{STN|Shiishiba|x}}

|{{lang|ja|椎柴}}

|style="text-align: right;"|71.0

|

rowspan="2"|{{STN|Matsugishi|x}}

|rowspan="2"|{{lang|ja|松岸}}

|style="text-align: right;"|75.4

|rowspan="2"|{{Colorbull|Gold}} Sōbu Main Line

rowspan="2"|Sōbu Main Line

|style="text-align:right;"|From
Tokyo
117.3

{{STN|Chōshi|x}}

|{{lang|ja|銚子}}

|style="text-align: right;"|120.5

|Chōshi Electric Railway Line

Note: Commuter Rapid service was discontinued on 12 March 2022.{{cite web |title=JR East March 2022 Timetable Revision |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2021/chiba/20211217_c01.pdf |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=JR East |location=Japan |language=japanese}}

=Abiko branch line=

File:Narita Station May 2005.jpgAll stations are in Chiba Prefecture.

class="wikitable" table

! rowspan="2" |Name

! rowspan="2" |Japanese

! rowspan="2" |Distance
(km)

! rowspan="2" |Transfers

!Location

Town/city
{{STN|Abiko|x|Chiba}}

|{{lang|ja|我孫子}}

| style="text-align: right;" |0.0

| style="white-space:nowrap;" |{{Plainlist|

  • {{JRLS|JJ}} Jōban Line (Rapid) (JJ08) (through service to {{STN|Ueno|x}} or {{STN|Shinagawa|x}})
  • {{JRLS|JL}} Jōban Line (Local) (JL30)

}}

| rowspan="5" |Abiko

{{STN|Higashi-Abiko|x}}

|{{lang|ja|東我孫子}}

| style="text-align: right;" |3.4

|

{{STN|Kohoku|x}}

|{{lang|ja|湖北}}

| style="text-align: right;" |6.3

|

{{STN|Araki|x|Chiba}}

|{{lang|ja|新木}}

| style="text-align: right;" |8.9

|

{{STN|Fusa|x}}

|{{lang|ja|布佐}}

| style="text-align: right;" |12.1

|

{{STN|Kioroshi|x}}

|{{lang|ja|木下}}

| style="text-align: right;" |14.0

|

| rowspan="2" |Inzai

{{STN|Kobayashi|x|Chiba}}

|{{lang|ja|小林}}

| style="text-align: right;" |18.3

|

{{STN|Ajiki|x}}

|{{lang|ja|安食}}

| style="text-align: right;" |23.2

|

|Sakae

{{STN|Shimōsa-Manzaki|x}}

|{{lang|ja|下総松崎}}

| style="text-align: right;" |27.3

|

| rowspan="2" |Narita

{{STN|Narita|x}}

|{{lang|ja|成田}}

| style="text-align: right;" |32.9

|{{Plainlist|

  • {{Colorbull|Green}} Narita Line (Main line, Airport branch line) (JO35)
  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Lines (Keisei-Narita, as above)

}}

=Airport branch line=

File:Narita-Airport-Kousoku-Railway.JPGAll stations are in Narita, Chiba.

class="wikitable" table

!No.

!Name

!Japanese

!Distance
(km)

!Transfers

{{JRSN|JO|35|size=40}}

|{{STN|Narita|x}}

|{{lang|ja|成田}}

| style="text-align: right;" |0.0

| style="white-space:nowrap;" |{{Plainlist|

  • {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Narita Line Main line for {{STN|Chiba|x}} (through services) and for {{STN|Chōshi|x}}
  • {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Abiko branch line for {{STN|Abiko|x|Chiba}}
  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Main Line ({{STN|Keisei Narita|x}}: KS40)
  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Higashi-Narita Line (Keisei Narita: KS40)

}}

{{JRSN|JO|36|size=40}}

|{{STN|Narita Airport Terminal 2·3|x}}

|{{lang|ja|空港第２ビル}}

| style="text-align: right;" |9.8

|{{Plainlist|

}}

{{JRSN|JO|37|size=40}}

|{{STN|Narita Airport Terminal 1|x}}

|{{lang|ja|成田空港}}

| style="text-align: right;" |10.8

|{{Plainlist|

  • {{KSLS|KS}} Keisei Main Line (KS42)
  • {{KSLS|KS|ns=N}} Narita Sky Access Line (KS42)

}}

Services

=Main line and Airport branch line=

Narita Express trains travel on the Narita Line but stop only at Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 and Narita Airport Terminal 1 stations, except during morning and evening rush hours when some trains stop at Narita Station.

Rapid commuter trains run between Tokyo and Narita Airport Terminal 1, stopping at all stations between Tsuga and Narita Airport Terminal 1.

=Abiko branch line=

All services on the Abiko branch line are local trains stopping at all stations. Some trains travel through onto the Jōban Line (Rapid) to {{STN|Ueno|x}} and {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}.

Rolling stock

Local service

Abiko Branch Line, Jōban Line through service

Sōbu Line (Rapid) through service

Narita Express

File:Series209-2100-C617.jpg|A 209-2100 series EMU in March 2021

File:Series-E231-139 Yokosuka-Wrapping.jpg|An E231 series EMU in May 2021

File:JRE Series-E235-1000 J12.jpg|An E235-1000 series EMU in June 2022

File:E257-500.JPG|An E257-500 series EMU in November 2006

File:Series-E259-NE014 NEX.jpg|An E259 series EMU in May 2021

=Past=

File:Narita 103 at Narita 20030117.JPG|A 103 series EMU in January 2003

File:JRE 113-NaritaLine.jpg|A 113 series EMU in May 2010

File:183 Ayame Kinshicho 20051117.JPG|A 183 series EMU on an Ayame service in November 2005

File:253 series Ne202 NEX 19 Ikebukuro 20030822.jpg|A 253 series EMU on a Narita Express service in August 2003

File:JRE 211 Sobu Line.jpg|211-3000 series EMU, May 2010

File:Series-E217-Y45.jpg|An E217 series EMU in March 2021

History

The Sakura - Narita - Namegawa section of the line was opened on 19 January 1897, by Sobu Railway, extended to Sawara the following year. The Narita to Abiko branch opened in 1901. The company was nationalised in 1920, and the Sawara to Matsugishi section opened between 1931 and 1933.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

The Sakura to Narita section was electrified (at 1,500 V DC overhead) in 1968.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The Abiko branch was electrified from 1 October 1973.{{cite journal| last = Segawa| first = Yutaka| script-title=ja:成田線・東金線ならびに関西本線の電化開業について|trans-title=Electrification of Narita, Togane, and Kansai Main lines| journal = The Railway Pictorial| issue = 284|pages=11–13| publisher = Denkisha Kenkyūkai| location = Japan |language= ja| date = October 1973}} The Narita to Matsugishi section was electrified in 1974, and freight services ceased between 1984 and 1986.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

The Sakura to Narita section was double-tracked in 1986, and the Airport branch opened in 1991 as an electrified, CTC-signalled line.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Accidents

File:After the vehicle removal of the freight train derailment,Narita-city,Japan.jpg

In the early hours of 10 March 2011, a day before 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred, a freight train carrying ethylene oxide derailed and overturned on the Narita Line near Namegawa Station.{{cite web|url= http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/graph/20110310/|script-title= ja:貨物列車：ＪＲ成田線滑河駅近くで横転 けが人いない模様|trans-title= Freight train overturns on JR Narita Line near Namegawa Station|date= 10 March 2011|work= Mainichi.jp|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110429003151/http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/graph/20110310/|archive-date= 29 April 2011|access-date= 17 October 2011|url-status= dead}}

References

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{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.jreast.co.jp/chiba/news/pdf/pre1801_number.pdf Narita Line station numbering] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Tokyo transit}}

{{East Japan Railway Company Lines}}

{{Airport rail links in Japan}}

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Category:Lines of East Japan Railway Company

Category:Railway lines in Chiba Prefecture

Category:Airport rail links in Japan

Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan

Category:Railway lines opened in 1897

Category:1897 establishments in Japan

Category:Narita International Airport