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Narita Line 
211-3000 series EMU on a Narita Line service, October 2006Overview Type Heavy rail Locale Chiba Prefecture Operation Opened 1897 Owner JR East Technical Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead Route map 
The Narita Line (成田線 Narita-sen) is the name for a combination of three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The main line runs between Sakura Station and Matsugishi Station, and is sometimes referred to as the Samatsu Line (佐松線 Samatsu-sen). A branch line from Abiko Station to Narita Station is often called the Abiko Line (我孫子線 Abiko-sen), and a second branch, known as the Airport Line (空港線 Kūkō-sen) runs from Narita to Narita Airport 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 their passenger services.
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Stations
Main line
Name Japanese Distance (km) Stops Transfers Location Rapid
(including Airport Narita)Commuter Rapid
(through service to Sobu Main Line)Town/city Prefecture Sakura 佐倉 0.0 ●
(from/to Tokyo)●
(from/to Tokyo)Sōbu Main Line (through service from Chiba, Tokyo, and Yokosuka Line (Limited Express and Rapid only) Sakura Chiba Shisui 酒々井 6.4 ● ● Shisui Narita 成田 13.1 ● ● Keisei Main Line, Keisei Higashi-Narita Line (Keisei Narita Station) Narita Kuzumi 久住 20.0 (Airport Narita runs through from/to Narita Airport via Airport branch line) (terminus) Namegawa 滑河 25.5 Shimōsa-Kōzaki 下総神崎 31.6 Kozaki Ōto 大戸 36.1 Katori Sawara 佐原 40.0 Kashima Line Katori 香取 43.6 Kashima Line Suigo 水郷 47.5 Omigawa 小見川 52.7 Sasagawa 笹川 57.7 Tonosho Shimōsa-Tachibana 下総橘 62.9 Shimōsa-Toyosato 下総豊里 66.2 Chōshi Shiishiba 椎柴 71.0 Matsugishi 松岸 75.4 Sōbu Main Line Chōshi 銚子 78.6 Chōshi Electric Railway Line Abiko branch line
Narita Station, May 2005
Name Japanese Distance
(km)Transfers Location Town/city Prefecture Abiko 我孫子 0.0 Jōban Line
(through service to Ueno Station, as rapid)Abiko Chiba Higashi-Abiko 東我孫子 3.4 Kohoku 湖北 6.3 Araki 新木 8.9 Fusa 布佐 12.1 Kioroshi 木下 14.0 Inzai Kobayashi 小林 18.3 Ajiki 安食 23.2 Sakae Shimōsa-Manzaki 下総松崎 27.3 Narita Narita 成田 32.9 Narita Line (Main line, Airport branch line)
Keisei Lines (Keisei-Narita, as above)Airport branch line
The Airport branch line (left) running alongside the 1,435 mm gauge Keisei Sky Access Line (right), July 2010Name Japanese Distance
(km)Rapid
(Airport Narita)Transfers Location Narita 成田 0.0 ● Narita Line (Main Line, Abiko branch line)
Keisei Lines (Keisei-Narita, as above)Narita, Chiba Airport Terminal 2 空港第２ビル 9.8 ● Keisei Main Line Narita Airport 成田空港 10.8 ● Keisei Main Line Services
Main line and Airport branch line
Narita Express trains travel on the Narita Line but stop only at Airport Terminal 2 and Narita Airport stations, except during morning and evening rush hours when some trains stop at Narita Station.
Ayame limited express services run between Tokyo and Chōshi, or Kashima-Jingū on the Kashima Line. They stop at Sakura, Narita, Namegawa, Sawara, and all stations past Sawara as local trains.
Rapid commuter trains run between Tokyo and Narita Airport, stopping at all stations between Tsuga and Narita Airport.
Abiko branch line
Rapid service trains on the Abiko branch line stop at all stations.
Rolling stock
- 209-2000/2100 series EMUs (local services)
- 211-3000 series EMUs (local services since October 2006)
- E231 series EMUs (Abiko branch line services)
- E217 series EMUs (rapid services)
- E257-500 series (Ayame limited express services)
- E259 series (Narita Express limited express services)
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209-2000 series EMU, December 2010
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211-3000 series EMU, June 2008
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E231 series EMU, January 2003
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E217 series EMU on an Airport Narita service, August 2009
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E257-500 series EMU, November 2006
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E259 series EMU, May 2009
Past
- 103 series EMUs (Abiko branch line services until March 2006)
- 113 series EMUs (until September 2011)
- 183 series EMUs (Ayame limited express services)
- 253 series EMUs (Narita Express limited express services until June 2010)
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103 series EMU, January 2003
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113 series EMU, May 2010
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183 series EMU on an Ayame service, November 2005
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253 series EMU on a Narita Express service, March 2006
History
The line first opened on 19 January 1897 between Sakura and Narita, operated by the Narita Railway.
Accidents
Derailed wagons near Namegawa Station, March 2011In the early hours of 10 March 2011, a freight train carrying ethylene oxide derailed and overturned on the Narita Line near Namegawa Station.[1]
References
- ^ "貨物列車：ＪＲ成田線滑河駅近くで横転 けが人いない模様 [Freight train overturns on JR Narita Line near Namegawa Station]" (in Japanese). Mainichi.jp. Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 10 March 2011. http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/graph/20110310/. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
External links
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