The was a commuter

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

(EMU) train type owned and operated by the third-sector railway company Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan from March 2006 until March 2015. The single eight-car train was formed from two former

Keisei 3300 series The was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1968 until February 2015. Operations In their later years, the 3300 series se ...

four-car EMU sets leased from

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

Formation

The fleet consisted of a single eight-car set formed of two permanently coupled four-car sets as shown below, with all cars motored, and car 1 at the southern end. The "M1" cars each had one lozenge-type

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. File:Model7250-7265+7264 of Hokuso Railway.jpg, The permanently coupled inner cab ends on cars 7265 and 7264 File:Hokuso 7266 inside.JPG, The interior of car 7266 in March 2015

History

Formed of two former

four-car sets, the 7260 series trainset entered service on the Hokuso Railway in March 2006. File:Keisei chiba line 3300.jpg, A Keisei 3300 series 4-car EMU

Withdrawal

The 7260 series trainset was withdrawn following its final day in revenue service on 22 March 2015.

References

{{Hokuso trainsets Electric multiple units of Japan Train-related introductions in 2006 Kawasaki multiple units 1500 V DC multiple units of Japan Tokyu Car multiple units