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Chiba New Town Railway 9800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Unknown builder· from 2017· class of 1 Japanese 8-car electric multiple unit
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chiba-New-Town Series9800: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chiba-New-Town Series9801: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Chiba New Town Railway-9800 9801: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hokuso 9800 Series 9808F Ltd.Exp Shinagawa: エスケー快特· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chiba New Town Railway 9800 series (千葉ニュータウン鉄道9800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 21 March 2017. The sole eight-car trainset, 9808, was converted and renumbered from former Keisei 3700 series EMU set 3738 to replace the former Chiba New Town Railway 9000 series EMU withdrawn following its last day in service on 20 March 2017.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 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
- 2017
- in service from
- 2017
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Hokusō Line, Hokuso-Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- 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 Q29017394, Wikipedia: Chiba New Town Railway 9800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.