Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Set 8517, April 2015
In service November 1978
Number built 54 vehicles (9 sets)
Number in service 24 vehicles (4 sets)
Number scrapped 30 vehicles (5 sets)
Formation 6 cars per set
Fleet numbers 8501-8517
Operator(s) Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Depot(s) Kunugiyama
Line(s) served Shin-Keisei Line, Keisei Chiba Line
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Doors 3 pairs per side
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead wire
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

The Shin-Keisei 8000 series (新京成8000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 1978.

Formations

As of 1 April 2014, the fleet consists of four 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.[1]

Designation Tc M1 M2 M1 M2 Tc
Numbering 85xx 80xx 80xx 80xx 80xx 85xx

History

The first set introduced in December 1978.[2] Eight more sets were introduced between 1979 and 1985.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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1970年 - 1979年 [Chronology 1970 - 1979]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. 歴史年表1980年 - 1989年 [Chronology 1980 - 1989]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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