Hokusō Line

The . Through operations by four parties (Hokusō, Keisei Electric Railway, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei), Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū) began.
*July 4, 1992: Shin-Keisei opened Shin-Kamagaya Station. Through operation to Shin-Keisei terminated. The section of Kita-Hatsutomi - Shin-Kamagaya abandoned
*April 1, 1995: Chiba New Town Chūō - Inzai-Makinohara, as Hokusō Cat-2, HUDC Cat-3
*1999: HUDC reorganized to the Nihongo|Urban Development Corporation|都市基盤整備公団|Toshi Kiban Seibi Kōdan (HDC onwards), continued state of Cat-3 of the line
*July 22, 2000: Inzai-Makinohara - Inba-Nihon-Idai, as Hokusō Cat-2, HDC Cat-3. Present stretch completed
*July 1, 2004 Railway properties of HDC transferred to Nihongo|Chiba New Town Railway|千葉ニュータウン鉄道|Chiba New Town Tetsudō [Due to re-organization of HDC] , renamed whole line to Hokusō Line

Footnote

Operation

Most trains are Locals but a few rapid trains are opeerated in morning and evening hours.;Nihongo|Local|普通Futsū (L):Stops at all stations. All day. Through to Keisei Electric Railway (Keisei) Main Line and Oshiage Line, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) Asakusa Line, Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū) Main, Airport, Kurihama lines.;Nihongo|Express|急行|Kyūkō (Ex):Evening, down from Keisei line;Nihongo|Limited Express|特急|Tokkyū (LE):Morning, up toward Keisei line

tations

**1: Through to Keisei Electric Railway (Keisei) Main Line and Oshiage Line, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) Asakusa Line, Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū) Main, Airport, Kurihama lines
**2: See the section below

Extension to Narita Airport

Before the turn of the century, long after abandonment of Narita Shinkansen, routes of rapid transit to Narita Airport had long been discussed. For an utilisation of partially completed tracks of the Shinkansen, JR East and Keisei lines to ja-stalink|Narita Airport were realized. A much faster line had long been needed, and for that purpose the first priority was the Keisei - Hokusō route. In 2001 a new Cat-3 entity, Nihongo|Narita Rapid Rail Access|成田高速鉄道アクセス|Narita Kōsoku Tetsudō Access commenced building of new line connecting Inba-Nihon-Idai to the junction to Nihongo|Narita Airport Rapid Railway|成田空港高速鉄道|Narita Kūkō Kōsoku Tetsudō which is a Cat-3 company of existing access railways, tracks of Narita Shinkansen to be. The express trains will be operated by Keisei as a Cat-2 operator with maximum speed at 160 km/h, the fastest in Japanese private railway together with Hokuetsu Express, which enables 34-minute travel of ja-stalink|Nippori - Narita Airport. Probable completion in 2010 is announced.

External links

* [http://www.hokuso-railway.co.jp/ Official website]

References and footnotes