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Shin-Keisei 8800 series
Shin-Keisei 8800 series
	Set 8804 in revised livery in June 2021
Manufacturer	Nippon Sharyo
Constructed	1986–1991
Entered service	26 February 1986
Refurbished	2017–
Number built	96 vehicles (12 sets)
Number in service	96 vehicles (16 sets)
Formation	6 cars per set
Fleet numbers	8801–8816
Operators	Shin-Keisei
Depots	Kunugiyama
Lines served	SL Shin-Keisei Line; KS 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 collector(s)	Overhead wire
Track gauge	1,435 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 8800 series originally carried a livery of beige with thin brown waistline striping. In 2006, coinciding with the introduction of Keisei Chiba Line through services, the 8800 series received a revised livery with thin maroon waistline stripes, reminiscent of the livery used with the N800 series.^[7]

The first set to receive Shin-Keisei's new pink corporate livery introduced in 2014 was 8816 in August 2014.^[8]

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.^[9]

Refurbished interior
Refurbished interior (priority seating)

Retro Paint Train campaign

In July 2024, Shin-Keisei began operating various trains in former liveries, starting with N800 series set N838.^[10] 8800 series set 8808 returned to service with the Chiba Line through-service livery on 24 September 2024. On 18 November of that year, set 8813 returned to service in the fleet's original livery.^[11]

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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. 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1本を京成千葉線直通色に復刻 [One Shin-Keisei 8800 series set to be repainted in Chiba Line through service livery]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 September 2024. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ 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.
^ 新京成電鉄N800形「復刻塗装電車」7/24から運行、導入当時の配色に [Shin-Keisei N800 series "retro paint train" to begin operation on 24 July in the original colour scheme]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "新京成8800形導入当時の復刻塗装運行開始" [Shin-Keisei 8800 series begins operating in original livery]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.