The is 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 by the
third-sector railway company
Chiba New Town Railway
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
and operated by the
Hokuso Railway on the
Hokuso Line in Japan since 1 March 2013.
Design
The design is based on the
Keisei 3050 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 2003. A total of 19 eight-car sets and 29 six-car sets have been built b ...
, and is similar to the
Hokuso 7500 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan since 2006.
Design
The design is based on the Keisei 3000 series.
Formation
, the fleet consists of three eight-car sets for ...
and
Shin-Keisei N800 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since May 2005.
Design
Built by Nippon Sharyo in Aichi Prefecture, the ...
trains also based on the same design.
Formation
The eight-car set is formed as shown below, with six motored (M) cars and two trailer (T) cars.
The "M1" cars each have two PT7131-B single-arm pantographs, and the "M" car has one.
Interior
The interior design is virtually identical to the Hokuso 7500 series, with passenger accommodation consisting of longitudinal bench seating throughout, although whereas the Hokuso 7500 series has three LED scrolling passenger information display units per car, the 9200 series has six 15-inch LCD screens per car, like the Keisei 3050 series, located above each doorway.
History
The sole set, 9201, was delivered to the Hokuso Line depot at Inba from the
Nippon Sharyo
, formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2 ...
factory in
Toyokawa, Aichi
is a Cities of Japan, city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famou ...
in February 2013.
It entered revenue service from 1 March 2013.
References
External links
Hokuso Railway rolling stock details
{{Chiba New Town Railway trainsets
Electric multiple units of Japan
Train-related introductions in 2013
ja:北総鉄道7500形電車#千葉ニュータウン鉄道9200形
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
Nippon Sharyo multiple units