The is an
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) 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
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 by ...
.
Formation
, the fleet consists of three eight-car sets formed as shown below, with six motored (M) cars and two trailer (T) cars.
The two M1 cars each have two single-arm
pantographs
A pantograph (, from their original use for copying writing) is a mechanical linkage connected in a manner based on parallelograms so that the movement of one pen, in tracing an image, produces identical movements in a second pen. If a line dr ...
, and the M1' car has one.
See also
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Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series
The is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type owned by the third-sector railway company Chiba New Town Railway and operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan since 1 March 2013.
Design
The design is based on the ...
, a similar design owned by the Chiba New Town Railway
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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 ...
, a similar design owned by Shin-Keisei
References
External links
Nippon Sharyo information
{{Hokuso trainsets
Electric multiple units of Japan
Train-related introductions in 2006
Nippon Sharyo multiple units
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
Tokyu Car multiple units