The is an
electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the
private railway
A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.
Japan
In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...
operator
Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
The is a private railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It connects Narashino and Matsudo. It is a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway.
It has the following bus company subsidiaries.
* Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
* Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
Lines ...
on the
Shin-Keisei Line
The is a railway line in Japan owned by the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Ch ...
in
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the KantÅ region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...
, Japan from 1978 to 2021.
Formations
, the fleet consists of three six-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with four motored (M) intermediate cars and two driving trailer (Tc) cars, formed as shown below, with the odd-numbered Tc car at the Tsudanuma end.
* The M2 cars are each fitted with two lozenge-type
pantographs.
* The middle M1 car is designated as having mild air-conditioning.
History
The first set was introduced on 1 December 1978.
Eight more sets were introduced between 1979 and 1985.
With the introduction of newer trains, scrapping and retirements began in 2011. The last set, 8512, was retired on 1 November 2021, following an announcement on the company's official Twitter account.
Livery variations
Trainsets introduced from 1979 onward carried what subsequently became known as the Shin-Keisei "standard livery", consisting of beige with a brown stripe below the windows.
This livery was also used on the
8800 series trains introduced in 1986.
From December 2006, the trains were repainted into a modified version of this livery with the brown stripes replaced by maroon stripes, coinciding with the start of through-running to and from the
Keisei Chiba Line
The is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. It branches from the Keisei Main Line at Keisei Tsudanuma Station
is a junction passenger railway station in the city of N ...
.
The first set to receive Shin-Keisei's new pink and white corporate livery introduced in 2014 was 8518 in April 2017.
In 2017, one of the last three 8000 series sets remaining in service, 8512, was specially repainted into the standard livery introduced in 1979.
References
External links
Official Shin-Keisei rolling stock information
{{Shin-Keisei trainsets
Electric multiple units of Japan
Train-related introductions in 1978
Nippon Sharyo multiple units
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan