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Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2013· class of 1 Japanese 8-car electric multiple unit
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chiba-New-Town-Railway Series9200-9201: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chiba-Newtown-Railway-Type9200-9201: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China new town railway 9200 series 9201F Ltd Exp Nishimagome: パウル· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hokuso 9200 series 9201F 20190321: Akinosato2000GT· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series (千葉ニュータウン鉄道9200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 1 March 2013.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Hokusō Line, Hokuso-Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12054766, Wikipedia: Chiba New Town Railway 9200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.