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Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1994· class of 3 Japanese 8-car electric multiple units
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hokuso-9118 Oshiage-Line: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chiba New Town Railway 9108 approaching Yahiro station 20200617 172127: Hellojinujinu This photo was taken with Sony DSC-HX400V· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Chiba Newtown Railway's Trains: Lover of Romance· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Chiba-newtown-railway-9108F-20190921-113838: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Chiba-newtown-railway-9108F-20200117-144336: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Chiba-newtown-railway-9108F-20211230-145832: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Chiba New Town Railway 9100 Series 9118- 20181108: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Chiba New Town Railway 9100 Series Limited Express: Toyo2101F· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Chiba-New-Town-Railway 9100-9118 LCD: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Chiba-New-Town-Railway 9100-9118 Outside-LED: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series (千葉ニュータウン鉄道9100形) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type owned by the third-sector railway company Chiba New Town Railway and operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan since 1994. The trains are nicknamed "C-Flyer", with the "C" standing for Chiba.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Hokusō Line, Hokuso-Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 130 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11381902, Wikipedia: Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.