Shin-Keisei Electric Railway
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The is a private railway in Chiba
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It connects Narashino
Narashino, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 164,809 and a population density of 7850 persons per km². The total area was 20.99 km².-Geography:...

 and Matsudo
Matsudo, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 484,578 and a population density of 7900 persons per km²...

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It has subsidiaries of bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 company (Funabashi Shin-Keisei Bus, Narashino Shin-Keisei Bus and Matsudo Shin-Keisei Bus).

It is a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...

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History

After World War II, the ownership of an Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army
-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

 military railway line was transferred to Keisei. Shin-Keisei was hence established as subsidiary of Keisei in 1946 to operate the said line.

Lines

  • Shin-Keisei Line
    Shin-Keisei Line
    The is a railway line owned by a Japanese private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Chiba....

     (Matsudo
    Matsudo Station
    is an East Japan Railway Company and Shin-Keisei Electric Railway railway station located in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. It is a terminal station for the Shin-Keisei Line.-Lines:*East Japan Railway Company**Jōban Line* Shin-Keisei Electric Railway...

     - Keisei Tsudanuma)

Currently used

  • N800 series
  • 8900 series
  • 8800 series
  • 8000 series
  • 800 series
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