# Higashi-Narita Station

The Higashi-Narita Station (Japanese: 東成田駅, romanized: Higashi-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 |
* The station concourse in June 2015. The yellow wall is a semi-permanent barrier that blocks off the former lobby and stairs to the unused platform.
* The ticket barriers in July 2010
* The platforms in December 2012. Note the train at the right, parked at the unused platform.
* The passageway to Terminal 2 in May 2011

## 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 The station is largely superseded by the Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station and the Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, which were opened in 1991 and 1992 respectively.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)