Higashi-Narita Station

Higashi-Narita Station is served by the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line from , with some morning and evening peak through services to and from in Tokyo via the Keisei Main Line. Higashi-Narita Station lies from the starting point of the Keisei Higashi-Narita Line at Keisei Narita. It is also served by the 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 underground walkway to the latter station. Platforms File:東成田駅：コンコース (19526807499).jpg|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. File:Higashi-Narita-Station-wicket.jpg|The ticket barriers in July 2010 File:JP-Chiba-Higashi-Narita-Station-Tracks-Past-Narita-Airport-Station.JPG|The platforms in December 2012. Note the train at the right, parked at the unused platform. File:To Airport Narita Tariminal 2 Station from Higashi Narita Station accessway.jpg|The passageway to Terminal 2 in May 2011 ==History==

The station opened on 21 May 1978, as . 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 The station is largely superseded by the Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station and the Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, which were opened in 1991 and 1992 respectively.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) ==In popular culture==

The station has been used as the backdrop for many music videos, most prominently, hitorie's 2019 song "Sleepwalk", Tatsuya Kitani's "When the Weak go Marching In", and King Gnu's "Specialz." ==See also==