| Shin-Keisei 8000 series | |
| Service: | 1978 - 2021 |
| Manufacturer: | Nippon Sharyo |
| Yearservice: | 1 December 1978 |
| Yearscrapped: | 2011 - Present |
| Numberbuilt: | 54 vehicles (9 sets) |
| Numberservice: | None |
| Numberscrapped: | 48 vehicles (8 sets) |
| Formation: | 6 cars per set |
| Fleetnumbers: | 8502–8518 |
| Operator: | Shin-Keisei Electric Railway |
| Depots: | Kunugiyama |
| Lines: | Shin-Keisei Line, Keisei Chiba Line |
| Carbody: | Steel |
| Carlength: | 18m (59feet) |
| Doors: | 3 pairs per side |
| Traction: | Resistor control, Chopper control, Variable frequency (2-level IGBT) |
| Electricsystem: | 1,500 V DC |
| Collectionmethod: | Overhead wire |
The 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.
, 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 first set was introduced on 1 December 1978. Eight more sets were introduced between 1979 and 1985.[2] 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.[3]
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. This livery was also used on the 8800 series trains introduced in 1986. 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.
The first set to receive Shin-Keisei's new pink and white corporate livery introduced in 2014 was 8518 in April 2017.[4]
In 2017, one of the last three 8000 series sets remaining in service, 8512, was specially repainted into the standard livery introduced in 1979.[5]