Kitayama Rail Pages
Hokusō Railway


Hokusō 北総鉄道  Hokusō Tetsudō     Hokusō Railway
Main owners: Keisei Dentetsu (50%), Chiba Prefecture (22.29%),

Hokusō 北総線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Matsudo - Funabashi Sakura
Matsudo Kamagaya Kita-Senju Ichikawa
Opened1979Shin-Kamagaya - KomuroOpened1995Chiba New Town Chūō - Inzai-Makinohara
1984Komuro - Chiba New Town Chūō2000Inzai-Makinohara - Inba-Nihon-Idai
1991Keisei Takasago - Shin-KamagayaTracksDouble track 
From Komuro to Imba-nihon-idai, the line is owned by Chiba New Town Tetsudō, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keisei Dentetsu. In 2010 will the extension to Narita Airport be ready. Before July 1, 2004, the railway was called Hokusō Kaihatsu Tetsudō and the line Hokusō Kodan.
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
Keisei Takasago Keisei: Hon, Keisei: Kanamachi 0.0 Tōkyō : Katsushika-ku Tōkyō
Higashi-Matsudo JR East: Musashino 7.5 Matsudo-shi Chiba
Shin-Kamagaya Shin-Keisei: Shin-Keisei, Tōbu: Noda 12.7 Kamagaya-shi
Shiroi
17.8 Shiroi-shi
Komuro
19.8 Funabashi-shi
Chiba New Town Chūō
23.8 Inzai-shi
Inzai-Makinohara
28.5 Inzai-shi
Inba-Nihon-Idai
32.3 Inba-mura

Traffic pattern
* = The train type shown is the one used on Hokusō line. On Keikyū, another train type is used.

The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Express Kyūkō 急行
Nishi-Magome - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai51h1944 km/h
Nishi-Magome - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inzai-Makinohara11h1742 km/h
Local Futsū 普通*) Misakiguchi - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai12h2549 km/h
Misakiguchi - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inzai-Makinohara22h2148 km/h
Keikyū Kurihama - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai12h1249 km/h
Kanagawa-shinmachi - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai11h3346 km/h

Haneda Kūkō - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai271h3442 km/h
Haneda Kūkō - Keikyū - Sengakuji - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inzai-Makinohara171h3042 km/h
Nishi-Magome - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai141h2043 km/h
Nishi-Magome - TOEI Asakusa line - Oshiage - Keisei - Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai101h1941 km/h
Keisei Takasago - Inba-Nihon-Idai135 min55 km/h
Shin-Kamagaya - Inba-Nihon-Idai118 min65 km/h


This page is updated Oct 17, 2009