Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
Defunct Japanese railway company
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The Shin-Keisei Electric Railway (新京成電鉄, Shin-Keisei Dentetsu) was a private railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It connects Narashino and Matsudo. It was a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway.
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Native name | 新京成電鉄株式会社 |
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| Type | Public KK (TYO: 9014) |
| Industry | Private railroad |
| Founded | October 23, 1946 |
| Defunct | March 31, 2025 |
| Fate | Merged with Keisei Electric Railway |
| Headquarters | Kunugiyama, Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan |
| Key people | Takayoshi Kasai (President) |
Number of employees | 460 (2015) |
| Parent | Keisei Electric Railway |
| Subsidiaries | Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus |
| Website | www |
It also operated the following bus company subsidiaries.
- Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
- Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
Lines
The company operated one line, the 26.5 km (16.5 mi) Shin-Keisei Line, between Matsudo and Keisei Tsudanuma.[1]
Rolling stock
- 8800 series (since 1986)
- 8900 series (since 1993)
- N800 series (since 2005)[2]
- 80000 series (since 27 December 2019)[3]
All trains were based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.
Shin-Keisei 8800 series
Shin-Keisei 8900 series
Shin-Keisei N800 series
Shin-Keisei 80000 series
Former rolling stock
- 800 series (1971 – July 2010)
- 8000 series (1978 – November 2021)[4]
Shin-Keisei 800 series
Shin-Keisei 8000 series
History
After World War II, the ownership of the right-of-way of an uncompleted Imperial Japanese Army military railway line was transferred to Keisei.[citation needed] Shin-Keisei was established as a subsidiary of Keisei on 23 October 1946 to construct and operate the line.[5] The first section of the line, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Shin-Tsudanuma to Yakuendai, was opened on 27 December 1947, with a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and electrified at 1,500 V DC overhead.[5] The line was regauged to 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) in October 1953, and the entire line was completed as a single-track line by 21 April 1955.[5] In August 1959, the line was again regauged, this time to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) to match the standard gauge used by Keisei Electric Railway.[5]
In June 2014, the company unveiled a new corporate image with a new corporate logo and "gentle pink" corporate colour scheme and train livery.[6] The company's entire fleet of trains was scheduled to be reliveried in the new colour scheme, with the first train, an 8800 series set entering service from 29 August 2014.[7]
Merger with Keisei Electric Railway
In an announcement made on 31 October 2023, Shin-Keisei Electric Railway revealed that it would be merged into the parent Keisei Electric Railway. The acquisition was completed on 1 April 2025, and the line was renamed as the Keisei Matsudo Line.[1][8][9] The merger also resulted in the bus company subsidiaries being acquired by parent company, Keisei Electric Railway.[10]
