Keisei 3300 series

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]

Keisei 3300 series
A Keisei 3300 series EMU, January 2009
In service	November 1968– February 2015
Manufacturer	Tokyu Car Corporation, Nippon Sharyo, Kisha Seizo
Constructed	1968–1972
Refurbished	1989–1992
Scrapped	2003–2015
Number built	54 vehicles
Number in service	None
Formation	4/6 cars per set
Operators	Keisei Electric Railway
Lines 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)
Traction system	Resistor control
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Current collector(s)	Overhead catenary
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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 without air-conditioning, roof-mounted air-conditioning units were installed 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Withdrawals began in 2003 due to accident damage.^[1] The last remaining sets were withdrawn from service on 28 February 2015, following special commemorative limited express services run from Keisei Ueno to Narita.^[3]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]

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  Set 3324 repainted into ivory and "fire" orange livery, September 2009
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  Set 3309 repainted into all-over "fire" orange livery, September 2009
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  A 3300 series set in "Active" silver livery, January 2009

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]