Keisei 3300 series

Keisei 3300 series

A Keisei 3300 series EMU, January 2009
In service November 1968– February 2015
Constructed 1968–1972
Refurbishment 1989–1992
Scrapped 2003–2015
Number built 54 vehicles
Number in service None
Formation 4/6 cars per set
Operator(s) Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s) served Keisei Main Line, Toei Asakusa Line
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Doors 3 pairs per side
Maximum speed 100 km/h (60 mph)
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collection method Overhead catenary
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Keisei 3300 series (京成3300形) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1968 until February 2015.[1]

Operations

In their later years, the 3300 series sets normally operated on all-stations "Local" services on the Keisei Main Line.[1]

Formations

By 1 April 2014, the fleet consisted of just two four-car sets, formed as follows.[2]

Designation M2 M1' M1' M2

All cars were motored, and the two M1' cars were each fitted with one lozenge-type pantograph.[2]

History

A 3300 series set in all-over orange livery before refurbishment, December 1984

The 3300 series trains entered service in November 1968.[3] A total of 54 vehicles were built between 1968 and 1972.[1] Initially not fitted with air-conditioning, roof-mounted air-conditioning units were fitted to the fleet from 1984.[1] The fleet was refurbished between 1989 and 1992, with the front headlamps moved to below the cab windows.[1]

Withdrawals began in 2003 due to accident damage.[1] The last remaining sets were withdrawn from service on 28 February 2015, following a special commemorative limited express services run from Keisei Ueno to Narita.[3]

Liveries

The trains were initially painted in a two-tone livery of ivory and "fire orange" separated by a silver waistline stripe.[1] From 1981, the livery was changed to all-over "fire orange" with an ivory waistline stripe, and from 1993, the trains were repainted into a new livery of "active silver" with "human red" and "future blue" bodyside stripes.[1]

Lease to Hokuso Railway

Hokuso Railway 7260 series set 7261, August 2007
Main article: Hokuso 7260 series

Two four-car sets were leased to the third-sector Hokuso Railway in 2006,[4] operating as an eight-car 7260 series unit, numbered 7261, until March 2015.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 私鉄車両年鑑2013 [Japan Private Railways Annual 2013] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. 20 March 2013. p. 141. ISBN 978-4-86320-693-9.
  2. 1 2 3 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 26-28. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
  3. 1 2 走り続けて４６年＝「３３００形」の運行に幕－京成電鉄 [Keisei Electric Railway: End of operations for 3300 series after running for 46 years]. jiji.com (in Japanese). Japan: Jiji Press Ltd. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Takai, Kunpei (30 June 2014). Morokawa, Hisashi; Hattori, Akihiro, eds. 全国私鉄超決定版　電車・機関車・気動車1700 [Nationwide Private Railway Ultimate Edition: 1700 EMUs, Locomotives, and DMUs] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Sekaibunka-sha. p. 84. ISBN 978-4-418-14219-4.
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