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This single set was bought by Chiba New Town Railway in 2013 to replace one of it’s two 9000 Series sets, dating from 1984, when the Housing and Urban Development Pubblic Corporation (Chiba New Town Railway’s predecessor) opened the Komuro to Chiba New Town-Chuo section of today’s Hokuso Line.
After nearly 30 years of intensive, heavy-duty services, both sets were obviously ageing and in need of a replacement, but the company’s minute budget only allowed to purchase one replacement train, so it was decided to initially retire just the oldest of the two, 9008F.
Given that Chiba New Town Railway essentially exists to loan rolling stock (and trackage) to Hokuso Railway, the replacement train was of course to be the most recent series Hokuso was using at the time, and since Hokuso’s newest stuff was based on Keisei rolling stock, Chiba New Town Railway’s new train ended up being based on Keisei’s 3000 Series as well, primarily also as a matter of cost reduction, especially trough maintainance standardization.
Manufactured by Nippon Sharyo in February 2013, it entered revenue services on the 1st of March of the same year (the day after formation 9008F was withdrawn from service) classified as the “9200 Series” and allocated to Hokuso Railway’s “availability” roster. All in all, the 9200 Series set is entirely identical to Hokuso’s own 7500 Series and Keisei’s 3000 Series, including in terms of equipment, with the only notable distinction being the light blue and yellow livery (but followig Keisei’s scheme), both colors derived from Chiba New Town Railway’s funky 9100 Series “C-Flyer” from 1994.
Due to Chiba New Town Railway’s tight budget however, no further purchases of similar sets were made, with the company opting to loan 3700 Series set 3738F from Keisei Railway, renumbering it as the “9800 Series” set 9801F and repainting it in the same light blue and yellow colors as the 9200 Series (always following Keisei’s scheme). The lone 9800 Series set entered service on the 21st of March 2017, the day after the retirement of the other 9000 Series set, 9018F.
As of today, the single 9200 Series set is within Hokuso Railway’s “availability” fleet, meaning that it is used interchangeably with the rest of the latter’s fleet on all services operated by the company, namely local services between Narita Airport, Chiba New Town, Tokyo city and Haneda Airport or Misakiguchi, the southernmost tip of Keikyu’s network, via the Keisei Narita Sky Access Line, Hokuso Line “proper”, Keisei Main Line, Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line or Keikyu Kurihama Line.
