As of 1 April 2014[update], 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]
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
^ abc私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 25. ISBN978-4-330-48414-3.
^ ab歴史年表1990年 - 1999年 [Chronology 1990 - 1999]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
^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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2014.