Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series


The Chiba New Town Railway 9100 series is a commuter electric multiple unit train type owned by the third-sector railway company Chiba New Town Railway and operated by the Hokuso Railway on the Hokuso Line in Japan since 1994. The trains are nicknamed "C-Flyer", with the "C" standing for Chiba.

Operations

The 9100 series trains are used on the following lines.
As of 1 April 2013, the fleet consists of three eight-car sets, formed as shown below, with six motored cars and two trailer cars, and car 1 at the southern end.
Car No.12345678
DesignationM2cM1TM1'M2TM1M2c
Numbering91x891x791x691x591x491x391x291x1
Weight 34.034.030.034.032.030.034.034.0
Capacity
121/41132/50131/50132/50132/50131/50132/50121/41

The "M1" cars each have two pantographs, and the "M1'" car has one.

Interior

Passenger accommodation consists mostly of longitudinal bench seating, with some transverse seats at the car ends. The end cars each have a wheelchair space. The 1st-batch sets, 9101 and 9111, originally had public phones located in cars 3 and 6, but these were removed in 1997.

History

The first two sets, 9101 and 9111, were built by Nippon Sharyo in Toyokawa, Aichi, and delivered in 1994, ahead of the extension of the Hokuso Line from to in 1995. A third, 2nd-batch set, 9121, was delivered in 2000, coinciding with the extension of the line from Inzai-Makinohara to.