Keisei Chihara Line
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Keisei 3000 series EMU on the Chihara Line, October 2010
Overview
Owner	Keisei Electric Railway
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
Termini	Chiba-Chūō Chiharadai
Stations	6
History
Opened	April 1, 1992
Technical
Line length	10.9 km (6.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

TheKeisei Chihara Line (京成千原線,Keisei Chihara-sen) is a railway line inChiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by theKeisei Railway. The line (with direct services to and from theKeisei Main Line andKeisei Chiba Line) starts fromChiba-Chūō Station and ends atChiharadai Station.

• All trains are local trains that stop at every station.

The line was originally planned byKominato Railway, which obtained the government license for the new line betweenHon-Chiba Station in central Chiba andAmaariki Station on the existing Kominato Railway Line in December 1957. Following years of suspension of the project, in December 1975, the license was transferred to Chiba Kyūkō Dentetsu (千葉急行電鉄), which was jointly established byKeisei Electric Railway and the Kominato Railway receiving investment from local governments and other sources.

By the 1970s, the need for the railway had been increasing as the development of Chiba Ichihara New Town was in progress along the planned route. The plan was changed to make connection with theKeisei Chiba Line at Chiba-Chūō Station. Construction of the line began in August 1977 for the section between Chiba-Chūō Station and Chiharadai Station (10.91 km).^[1]

Chiba Kyūkō opened the new line between Chiba-Chūō Station and Ōmoridai Station (4.2 km) on April 1, 1992.^[1] The line to Chiharadai Station was completed on April 1, 1995. The entire line is single track, but the formation allows for duplication if and when required.

Due to its poor financial condition, Chiba Kyūkō was dissolved and the railway was sold to Keisei Electric Railway on October 1, 1998. Keisei named it the "Chihara Line".^[2]

• Lines of Keisei Electric Railway
• Railway lines in Chiba Prefecture
• Standard-gauge railways in Japan
• Railway lines opened in 1992

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