6-762: The Narita Line ( Japanese : 成田線 , romanized : 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 (Japanese: 佐松線 , romanized: Samatsu-sen ). A branch line from Abiko Station to Narita Station
12-608: Is often called the Abiko Line (Japanese: 我孫子線 , romanized: Abiko-sen ), and a second branch, known as the Airport Line (Japanese: 空港線 , romanized: Kūkō-sen ) 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
18-576: The Abiko branch line are local trains stopping at all stations. Some trains travel through onto the Jōban Line (Rapid) to Ueno and Shinagawa . Local service Abiko Branch Line, Jōban Line through service Sōbu Line (Rapid) through service Narita Express 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
24-608: The Airport branch opened in 1991 as an electrified, CTC-signalled line. 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. Japanese language Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
30-746: The line for passenger services. Legend: All stations are located in Chiba Prefecture . Note: Commuter Rapid service was discontinued on 12 March 2022. All stations are in Chiba Prefecture. All stations are in Narita, Chiba. 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. All services on
36-452: Was nationalised in 1920, and the Sawara to Matsugishi section opened between 1931 and 1933. The Sakura to Narita section was electrified (at 1,500 V DC overhead) in 1968. The Abiko branch was electrified from 1 October 1973. The Narita to Matsugishi section was electrified in 1974, and freight services ceased between 1984 and 1986. The Sakura to Narita section was double-tracked in 1986, and
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