Shin-Keisei 8800 series

Japanese train type

Shin-Keisei Line
Keisei Chiba Line

SpecificationsCar body constructionSteelCar length18 m (59 ft 1 in)Doors3 pairs per sideElectric system(s)1,500 V DCCurrent collector(s)Overhead wireTrack gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Shin-Keisei 8800 series (新京成8800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 1986.

Formations

As of 1 April 2015^[update], the fleet consists of 16 six-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with three motored (M) cars and three trailer (T) cars, formed as shown below, with the Tc1 car at the Tsudanuma end.^[1]

Designation	Tc1	M1	M2	T	M	Tc2
Numbering	88xx-1	88xx-2	88xx-3	88xx-4	88xx-5	88xx-6

The M and M2 cars are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs. Sets 8804, 8808, 8812, and 8816 have single-arm pantographs.^[1]
The T car is designated as having mild air-conditioning.^[1]

Interior

Interior view
Priority seating
Wheelchair- and stroller-accessible free space

History

The trains were originally formed as eight-car sets, with the first set introduced on 26 February 1986.^[2] This was followed by four more sets in 1987, two sets in 1988, two sets in 1989, two sets in 1990, and one set in 1991.^[2]^[3]

The original eight-car sets were formed as follows.^[4] The two M2 cars were each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.^[4]

Designation	Tc1	M1	M2	T2	T1	M1	M2	Tc2
Numbering	88xx	88xx	88xx	88xx	88xx	88xx	88xx	88xx

Original 8-car set 8889 in August 2006
6-car set 8805 in original livery in April 2015

With Shin-Keisei's revised timetable on 10 December 2006, the 8800 series, alongside the 8000 and N800 series, began operation on Keisei Chiba Line through services. Three 8800 series sets (8801, 8841, and 8865) were rearranged to form four 6-car sets initially.^[5]

In 2013, sets 8806 and 8815 were experimentally equipped with LED headlights, but these were subsequently replaced by conventional lights.^[6] Set 8801 received LED headlights from June 2015.^[6]

Livery variations

The first set to receive Shin-Keisei's new pink corporate livery introduced in 2014 was 8816 in August 2014.^[7]

Set 8811 in February 2013 in revised livery with maroon stripes
Set 8803 in new corporate livery in March 2016

Refurbishment

A programme of refurbishment of the fleet was started in 2017, with new interior panels, flooring and seat covers. One trainset is scheduled to be treated every year.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 25. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 歴史年表1980年 - 1989年 [Chronology 1990 - 1999]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b 私鉄車両編成表 '07年版 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2007] (in Japanese). Japan: JRR. 1 October 2007. p. 23. ISBN 978-4-88283-228-7.
^ 新京成電鉄が京成電鉄千葉線へ乗入れ [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway enters the Keisei Chiba Line!]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 47, no. 550. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2007. pp. 90–91 – via railf-library.jp.
^ ^a ^b 新京成8800形8801編成にLED前照灯 [Shin-Keisei 8800 series set 8801 fitted with LED headlights]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ 新京成8800形8816編成が試運転 [Shin-Keisei 8800 series set 8816 test-run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ 新京成電鉄，8800形の内装をリニューアル [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway refurbishes 8800 series interior]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.