Shin-Keisei 8000 series

Japanese train type

4 ft 8+1⁄2 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 from 1978 to 2021.

Formations

As of 1 April 2016^[update], 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.^[1]

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

The M2 cars are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.^[1]
The middle M1 car is designated as having mild air-conditioning.^[1]

History

The first set was introduced on 1 December 1978.^[2] Eight more sets were introduced between 1979 and 1985.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[2] This livery was also used on the 8800 series trains introduced in 1986.^[2] 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.^[2]

The first set to receive Shin-Keisei's new pink and white corporate livery introduced in 2014 was 8518 in April 2017.^[5]

In 2017, one of the last three 8000 series sets remaining in service, 8512, was specially repainted into the standard livery introduced in 1979.^[2]

Set 8502 in original livery in December 2005
Set 8506 in the second livery variation in August 2006
Set 8518 in the third livery variation in April 2015
Set 8518 in the fourth livery variation in April 2017

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 25. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 新京成8000形が茶色帯のリバイバルカラーに [Shin-Keisei 8000 series repainted into "revival" livery with brown stripe]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ 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.
^ 新京成電鉄80000形、新造車両1編成を11/2導入 - 8000形は全車引退 [Shin-Keisei 80000 series, 1 new set introduced on 2 November - All 8000 series retired] (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi News. 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ 新京成8000形に新塗装車 [Reliveried Shin-Keisei 8000 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.