You may remember my last year’s post, in which Keisei will absorb Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Company in April, 2025. How is the merger project going? I recently visited the Shin-Keisei line for the first time in two years, and saw it with my own eyes.
Let me review Keisei Electric Railway and Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. Keisei is one of the major private railway companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area. It owns a total of 152.3-kilometer-long railway network in the eastern part of Tokyo and northern Chiba Prefecture. On the other hand, Shin-Keisei is an affiliate firm of Keisei Electric Railway Company in Chiba of Prefecture. It owns a 26.5-kilometer-long railway route. Keisei has made Shin-Keisei a wholly-owned subsidiary last year through a share exchange. As the second step, Keisei will absorb Shin-Keisei next year to maximize synergies by making faster decisions and improving business efficiency. The new name of the Shin-Keisei line will be Keisei-Matsudo line after the merger.
Now, let's head to the main topic. I found that the body colors of two Shin-Keisei trainsets have been changed to their original colors. They are Set N838 of the EMU N800 series and Set 8808 of the EMU 8800 series. In my memory, they were changed from their original colors to new colors, which were two-toned of pink and white, only two years ago. Why Shin-Keisei put them back to the original colors now? This is to look back on Shin-Keisei’s past before reaching the end. I fully enjoyed the Deja Vu trains on the Shin-Keisei line.
