Shin-Keisei 8900 series


The Shin-Keisei 8900 series is an electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since September 1993.

Formations

, the fleet consists of three eight-car sets based at Kunugiyama Depot with four motored cars and four trailer cars, formed as shown below, with the Tc1 car at the Tsudanuma end.
DesignationTc1M1M2T2T1M1M2Tc2
Numbering89x189x289x389x489x589x689x789x8
Capacity 122/42127/48127/48127/48127/48127/48127/48122/42

The sets were built by Nippon Sharyo in Aichi Prefecture, with the first set entering service on 26 September 1993. The second set entered service on 29 February 1996, and the third set entered service on 25 June 1996.
In 2014, set 8911 was reduced to six cars and repainted in the new pink corporate colour scheme.