Keikyū Airport Line
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overhead catenary) | |
Operating speed | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
Signalling | Automatic closed block |
Train protection system | C-ATS |
The Keikyu Airport Line (京急空港線, Keikyū Kūkō-sen) is a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) commuter line operated in Japan by the private railway operator
There is a switchback at Keikyū Kamata for direct train services between Yokohama Station and Haneda Airport.
Service types
Keikyu operates the following different types of service, including all-stations "Local" trains.
Abbreviations:
- Lo = Local (普通, Futsū): Stops at all stations
- Exp = Express (急行, Kyūkō)
- LE = Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
- LE = Limited Express (快特, Kaitoku)
- LE = Airport Limited Express (エアポート快特, Eapōto Kaitoku)
Station list
No. | Name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Lo | Exp | TLE | KLE | ALE | Transfers | Notes | Location |
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KK11 | Keikyū Kamata | 京急蒲田 | 0.0 | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | KK Keikyu Main Line (through service)
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Ota, Tokyo
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KK12 | Kōjiya | 糀谷 | 0.9 | ● | ● | ● | | | | | |||
KK13 | Ōtorii
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大鳥居 | 1.9 | ● | ● | ● | | | | | |||
KK14 | Anamori-inari | 穴守稲荷 | 2.6 | ● | ● | ● | | | | | |||
KK15 | Tenkūbashi | 天空橋 | 3.3 | ● | ● | ● | | | | | MO Tokyo Monorail (MO07) | ||
KK16 | Haneda Airport Terminal 3 | 羽田空港第3ターミナル | 4.5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | MO Tokyo Monorail (MO08) | Named Haneda Airport International Terminal until March 2020[1] | |
KK17 | Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 | 羽田空港第1・第2ターミナル | 6.5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | MO Tokyo Monorail (Terminal 1: MO10, Terminal 2: MO11) | Formerly named Haneda Airport (until October 2010)[2] and Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal (until March 2020)[1] |
History
On 28 June 1902, the Keihin Railway opened the
The line was built to transport the visitors of Anamori
The line was the primary rail route to Haneda Airport (via Anamori Station) until 1945, when the airport was taken over by the United States Armed Forces. The line was converted back to single track in order to make way for a parallel freight line. Service to the airport island resumed on 20 April 1956 when the line was extended to a new Haneda Airport Station (present-day Tenkūbashi Station), and from 1 November 1963 the line was renamed the Airport Line.[3] It was not commonly used to access the airport for many years, as frequencies were limited and no through services to central Tokyo were offered, in comparison to the Tokyo Monorail which provided direct service from Hamamatsucho to the airport terminal beginning in 1964.
Haneda Airport was significantly expanded with a new terminal in 1993, and Keikyu received government permission to serve the new terminal as the monorail alone was deemed to have inadequate capacity. From 18 November 1998, the Airport Line was extended from Tenkūbashi to Haneda Airport Station (present-day Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station[1]), allowing direct service between the airport and major stations such as Shinagawa and Yokohama.[3] Haneda Airport International Terminal Station opened on 21 October 2010.[3]
Keikyu teamed up with
From the timetable revision effective 25 November 2023, all "Airport Express" services will be renamed to "Express" while abandoning the airplane symbology used on these services.[5]
Future plans
Service levels are expected to be increased following the completion of tail tracks at Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "羽田空港国際線旅客ターミナルビル等の名称変更に伴う駅名変更を2020年3月実施します" (in Japanese). 京浜急行電鉄. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ Baseel, Casey (8 November 2016). "All aboard the Sega Train! Tokyo rail operator decorates carriages for Sonic's 25th anniversary". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "京急電鉄11/25ダイヤ改正「エアポート急行」名称変更で「急行」に" [Keikyu Electric Railway timetable revised on 25 November with "Airport Express" changing to "Express"]. MyNavi Corportation (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "京急空港線 羽田空港第1・第2ターミナル駅引上線の工事に着手" [Construction of tail tracks has begun at Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 station on the Keikyu Airport Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.