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Shin-Keisei 8900 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1993· train type operated in Japan by Keisei Railway
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keisei Series8900-8931: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Shikeisei-Type8900 8931: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Shin-keisei 8900 2nd unit at Futawamukōdai 1: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Shin-keisei 8900 2nd unit at Futawamukōdai 2: 掬茶· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SHIN-KEISEI 8900 SERIES 8928- 20180723: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. SHIN-KEISEI 8900 SERIES 8938- 20181226: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Instrument cluster of Shin-Keisei type 8900, 1st end (unrefurbished), daytime: VVVN· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Instrument cluster of Shin-Keisei type 8900, 1st end (unrefurbished): VVVN· CC BY 3.0
- 9. Instrument cluster of Shin-Keisei type 8900, 2nd end (refurbished): VVVN· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Shin-Keisei 8900 series (新京成8900形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. The type was introduced by the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway on the Shin-Keisei Line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in September 1993.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 18.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Keisei Electric Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- 6 cars per set
- length
- 18.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11501298, Wikipedia: Shin-Keisei 8900 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.