You may remember when I introduced you to the news, in which Keisei Electric Railway Company will absorb Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Company in April, 2025. How is the merger project going? Just like last November, I recently visited the Shin-Keisei line, and again saw it with my own eyes.
I found that Shin-Keisei was operating a special poster train named “My Memories Train” using set N818 of the EMU N800 series. We can see a special sticker, which shows Shin-Keisei’s 78 years of history, on the front (see the top photo). There are large stickers, which show Shin-Keisei’s famous trains, namely the EMU 220, 8900 and 80000 series, on the side bodies (see the photo below). In addition, passengers can enjoy special posters, which explain the history of Shin-Keisei, inside the train. According to the company, the purpose of My Memories Train is to look back Shin-Keisei’s 78 years of history with passengers. The final chapter of Shin-Keisei Electric Railway is surely and steadily going on, before the merger in the Keisei group.
Incidentally, the EMU N800 series is one of the main fleets on the Shin-Keisei line. It was commissioned in 2005 to replace the old models, the 800 and 8000 series. A total of 5 sets, 30 units, were built by Nippon Sharyo. The N800 series is a sister train of the Keisei 3000 series. The train bodies and the technical specifications of the N800 series are the same as those of the 3000 series.
