Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
{{Short description|Defunct Japanese railway company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
| native_name = 新京成電鉄株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| logo = Shin-Keisei Logo (Vertical).SVG
| logo_size = 150px
| type = Public KK ({{tyo|9014}})
| foundation = October 23, 1946
| defunct = {{End date|2025|03|31}}
| fate = Merged with Keisei Electric Railway
| location = Kunugiyama, Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan
| key_people = Takayoshi Kasai (President)
| industry = Private railroad
| products =
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 460 (2015)
| parent = Keisei Electric Railway
| subsid = Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
| homepage = {{URL|www.shinkeisei.co.jp}}
}}
File:Shin-Keisei_Electric_Railway_Linemap.svg
File:Shin_Keisei_Companymark.svg]]
The {{Nihongo|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.
It also operated the following bus company subsidiaries.
- Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus
- Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus
Lines
{{Main articles|Keisei Matsudo Line}}
The company operated one line, the {{Convert|26.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} Shin-Keisei Line, between Matsudo and Keisei Tsudanuma.{{Cite web |last=Sato |first=Masaaki |date=2025-04-01 |title=京成電鉄、新京成を吸収合併 京成松戸線が運行開始 |url=https://www.traicy.com/posts/20250401334277/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website={{ill|TRAICY|ja|Traicy}} |language=ja}}
Rolling stock
- 8800 series (since 1986)
- 8900 series (since 1993)
- N800 series (since 2005){{cite web |url= http://www.shinkeisei.co.jp/train/train_museum/history/history04.html|script-title=ja:歴史年表2000年 - 2009年|trans-title=Chronology 2000 - 2009|year= 2009|website= Official website|publisher= Shin-Keisei Electric Railway|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 6 August 2013}}
- 80000 series (since 27 December 2019){{cite web |url=https://railf.jp/news/2019/12/09/163000.html |title=新京成電鉄，80000形を報道陣に公開 |trans-title=Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, 80000 series released to the press |date=9 December 2019 |work=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja |access-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191209124350/https://railf.jp/news/2019/12/09/163000.html |archive-date=9 December 2019 |url-status=live}}
All trains were based at Kunugiyama and Tsudanuma Depots.
File:Shikeisei-Type8800_8801-1.jpg|Shin-Keisei 8800 series
File:Shikeisei-Type8900_8931.jpg|Shin-Keisei 8900 series
File:Shikeisei-TypeN800_N851.jpg|Shin-Keisei N800 series
File:Shikeisei-Type80000_80021.jpg|Shin-Keisei 80000 series
=Former rolling stock=
- 800 series (1971 – July 2010)
- 8000 series (1978 – November 2021){{cite web |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20211101-2174839/|script-title=ja:新京成電鉄80000形、新造車両1編成を11/2導入 - 8000形は全車引退|trans-title=Shin-Keisei 80000 series, 1 new set introduced on 2 November - All 8000 series retired|year= 2021|publisher= Mynavi News|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 2 November 2021}}
File:Shin-Keisei Type 800.jpg|Shin-Keisei 800 series
File:Shinkeisei8000pink-wiki.jpg|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|date=July 2014}} Shin-Keisei was established as a subsidiary of Keisei on 23 October 1946 to construct and operate the line.{{cite book |last = Terada |first = Hirokazu |title = データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways |publisher = Neko Publishing |date = 19 January 2013 |location = Japan |page =49 |isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=32PSlwEACAAJ }} The first section of the line, {{Convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} from {{STN|Shin-Tsudanuma|x}} to {{STN|Yakuendai|x}}, was opened on 27 December 1947, with a track gauge of {{RailGauge|1067mm}} and electrified at 1,500 V DC overhead. The line was regauged to {{RailGauge|1372mm}} in October 1953, and the entire line was completed as a single-track line by 21 April 1955. In August 1959, the line was again regauged, this time to {{RailGauge|1435mm}} to match the standard gauge used by Keisei Electric Railway.
In June 2014, the company unveiled a new corporate image with a new corporate logo and "gentle pink" corporate colour scheme and train livery.{{cite web |url=http://www.shinkeisei.co.jp/topics/pdf/shinkeisei0658.pdf|script-title=ja:「シンボルマーク」と「スローガン」が新しくなります（6/1） |trans-title=Renewal of our corporate logo and slogan in 1 June |date= 31 May 2014 |publisher= Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. |location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140606214408/http://www.shinkeisei.co.jp/topics/pdf/shinkeisei0658.pdf|archive-date= 6 June 2014|access-date=4 February 2016}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://railf.jp/news/2014/07/15/180000.html |script-title=ja:新京成電鉄，全車両のデザインを変更 |trans-title=Shin-Keisei to change design on all its trains |date= 15 July 2014|website= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date=16 July 2014}}
= 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 acqisition was completed on 1 April 2025, and the line was renamed as the Keisei Matsudo Line.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023 |title=京成電鉄、新京成電鉄を吸収合併へ2025年4月 現在の路線・駅は維持する方針 |trans-title=Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway in April 2025; Plans made to maintain current routes and stations |url=https://www.chibanippo.co.jp/news/economics/1124565 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031125424/https://www.chibanippo.co.jp/news/economics/1124565 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=31 October 2023 |website=Chiba Nippo |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=31 October 2023 |title=新京成電鉄、解散・消滅へ - 京成電鉄が吸収合併、2025年実施予定 |trans-title=Shin-Keisei Electric Railway to dissolve and disappear - Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the railway in the merger, scheduled to take place in 2025 |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231031-2807582/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031115818/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231031-2807582/ |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=31 October 2023 |website=MyNavi Corporation |language=ja}} The merger also resulted in the bus company subsidiaries being acquired by parent company, Keisei Electric Railway.{{Cite web |date=13 February 2025 |title=【船橋新京成バス】社名・営業所名の変更 並びに IC定期券変更のお知らせ |url=https://bus.shinkeisei.co.jp/topics/2025/35696/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319102018/https://www.shinkeisei.co.jp/topics/2025/34814/ |archive-date=19 March 2025 |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=bus.shinkeisei.co.jp}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Shin-Keisei Electric Railway}}
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|https://en.shinkeisei.co.jp/}} {{in lang|en}}
{{Keisei transit}}
{{Japan private rail16}}
{{Tokyo transit}}
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Category:Railway companies of Japan
Category:Companies based in Chiba Prefecture