Shin-Keisei 8900 series

The Shin-Keisei 8900 series (新京成8900形) 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 September 1993.

Shin-Keisei 8900 series
6-car set 8911 in revised livery, September 2014
In service	26 September 1993 –
Manufacturer	Nippon Sharyo
Constructed	1993 – 1996
Number built	24 vehicles (3 sets)
Number in service	24 vehicles (3 sets)
Formation	8/6 cars per set
Operator(s)	Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s)	Kunugiyama
Line(s) served	Shin-Keisei Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel
Car length	18,200 mm (59 ft 9 in) (end cars) 17,500 mm (57 ft 5 in) (end cars)
Width	2,780 mm (9 ft 1 in)
Doors	3 pairs per side
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Current collection method	Overhead wire
Bogies	SS-034 (motored), SS-134 (trailer)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Formations

As of 1 April 2014, the fleet consists of three eight-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with four motored (M) cars and four trailer (T) cars, formed as shown below, with the Tc1 car at the Tsudanuma end.[1]

Designation	Tc1	M1	M2	T2	T1	M1	M2	Tc2
Numbering	89x1	89x2	89x3	89x4	89x5	89x6	89x7	89x8
Capacity (total/seated)	122/42	127/48	127/48	127/48	127/48	127/48	127/48	122/42

• The M2 cars are each fitted with two single-arm-type pantographs.[1]
• The T1 cars are designated as having mild air-conditioning.[1]

History

The sets were built by Nippon Sharyo in Aichi Prefecture, with the first set entering service on 26 September 1993.[2] The second set entered service on 29 February 1996, and the third set entered service on 25 June 1996.[2]

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  Set 8921 in February 2007 as an 8-car set in the original livery

In 2014, set 8911 was reduced to six cars and repainted in the new pink corporate colour scheme.[3]

References

1. 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 25. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
2. 歴史年表1990年 - 1999年 [Chronology 1990 - 1999]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
3. 新京成電鉄8900形8918編成が試運転 [Shin-Keisei 8900 series set 8918 on test-run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

External links

• Official Shin-Keisei rolling stock information (in Japanese)
• Shin-Keisei 8900 series (Nippon Sharyo) (in Japanese)