The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by
private railway
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Japan
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company
Keisei Electric Railway. It connects
Oshiage Station
is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by Tokyo Metro, Tobu Railway, Toei, and Keisei Electric Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree complex.
Lines
Oshiage Station is served by the following lines. It is the ...
in
Sumida and
Aoto Station in
Katsushika
is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...
.
The Oshiage Line passes through areas typical of Tokyo's ''
shitamachi
and are traditional names for two areas of Tokyo, Japan. Yamanote refers to the affluent, upper-class areas of Tokyo west of the Imperial Palace.Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version While citizens once considered it as ...
'' ("down town") working-class sections known for their distinctively earthy atmosphere.
Basic data
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Gauge
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*Track: double
*Block system: Automatic
*ATC/ATS: C-ATS
Service patterns
The following types of service operate on the line.
;
:Through service on the Keisei Narita Sky Access Line.
:Through services to
Toei Asakusa Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes.
The Asa ...
and
Keikyu Line, Airport Limited Express for
Haneda Airport
, officially , and sometimes called as Tokyo Haneda Airport or Haneda International Airport , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary ...
.
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:Through services to Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu Line, Airport Limited Express on the Asakusa Line, Limited Express (''Kaitoku'') on the Keikyu Line for Haneda Airport.
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;
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:Through service on the Keisei Main Line.
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:Trans stop at all stations along the Oshiage Line.
;*Through services to Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu Main Line, Limited Express (''Kaitoku'') for
Misakiguchi.
;*Through services to Hokuso Line.
Stations
History
This line constituted part of the original Keisei Main Line, opened in 1914 as a dual track 1,372 mm gauge electrified line, but once the section from
Ueno and
Nippori to Aoto came into service in 1932, this line became a short branch and was renamed the "Oshiage Line".
The line was regauged to 1,435 mm in 1959 in preparation for the introduction of through services upon the opening of
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transport (Toei) Line 1 (present
Toei Asakusa Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes.
The Asa ...
) on 4 December 1960, when the line returned to its original role in the Keisei network, to provide trains from its main line to downtown Tokyo via the Toei line.
It also provides connections at Oshiage to the
Tobu Skytree Line and the
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line. The line is now a ''de facto'' main line of Keisei.
Former connecting lines
* Mukojima Station (since closed): The Keisei company was seeking a line to Tokyo, and encouraged the Ōji Electric Railway to construct a 1.4 km 1,372 mm gauge line to this station as part of a campaign for government approval for a Tokyo line, the line opening in 1928. However, once approval to build to Ueno was received, the Tokyo line proposal lapsed and the line closed in 1936. Mukojima Station closed in 1947.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
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Railway lines in Tokyo
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