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Higashi-Narita Station

The Higashi-Narita Station (Japanese: 東成田駅, romanizedHigashi-Narita-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Narita, Chiba, Japan, operated jointly by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway, and the third-sector railway Shibayama Railway.

Lines

Higashi-Narita Station is served by the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line from Keisei Narita, with some morning and evening peak through services to and from Keisei Ueno in Tokyo via the Keisei Main Line. Higashi-Narita Station lies 7.4 km (4.6 mi) from the starting point of the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line at Keisei Narita. It is also served by the 2.2 km (1.4 mi) Shibayama Railway Line to Shibayama-Chiyoda Station.

Station layout

The station is an underground station with an island platform serving two tracks. It is equidistant from the two stations serving Terminal 1 and Terminals 2 and 3 of Narita International Airport, and can be accessed by a 500-metre (1,600 ft) underground walkway to the latter station.

Platforms

1 KS Keisei Higashi-Narita Line for Keisei Narita, and Keisei Ueno
2 SR Shibayama Railway Line for Shibayama-Chiyoda
3-4 KS Keisei Higashi-Narita Line not used
Platform of the former Narita Airport Station

History

The station opened on 21 May 1978, as Narita Airport Station (成田空港駅, Narita Kūkō-eki). Passengers who took the Keisei Electric Railway to Narita Airport would disembark at the station and then either take a shuttle bus for an additional fare or walk to the terminal (present-day Terminal 1, which was the sole passenger terminal of the airport until 1992). A dedicated railway station at Terminal 1 opened in 1991 with the name Narita Airport Station, and the former Narita Airport Station was then renamed Higashi-Narita Station. Many of the former stores located in the lobby area of the station have been blocked off by a wall. The island platform for the Skyliner services is now no longer accessible, and its tracks are used for parking out-of-service trains. From October 2002, the Shibayama Railway Line began operations. The station is largely superseded by the Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station and the Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, which were opened in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010; Higashi-Narita Station was assigned station number KS44.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,796 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Buses

Name Via Terminus Operator Note
Charge-free shuttle bus Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station Narita Airport Transport 12 departures per hour (every 5 minutes)

Surrounding area

  • Chiba Narita International Airport Police Station
  • Narita Airport Rest House (Hotel)
  • JAL Ground Service (Japan Airlines ground handling company)

See also

References

  1. ^ 会社概要
  2. ^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ 電車と駅の情報 (in Japanese). Japan: Keisei Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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