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The 7500 Series was introduced in 2005 to replace the 7000 Series, Hokuso Railway’s first trains, dating back to the opening of the “1st Phase” of the Hokuso Line in 1979, wich by then were ageing, and most importantly, were starting to seriously suffer from corrosion damage due to their semi-stainless steel construction.
As such, an urgent replacement was needed, and as Hokuso Railway is part of the Keisei Group, the most natural choice was Keisei’s new standard commuter train, the 3000 Series.
Hokuso Railway’s new 7500 Series trains were thus directly derived, and built togheter with Keisei’s 4th-batch 3000 Series trains, being identical in terms of bodyshell, interior fittings and equipment, with the only difference being of course the livery, Hokuso’s standard two-tone blue one derived from the earlier 7300 Series, but following the same exact scheme of Keisei trains, plus the addition (on cab cars only) of an airplane-shaped design (also later retrofitted to the 7300 Series), as Hokuso Railway’s rolling stock was planned to operate local services to Narita Airport via the then-soon-to-be-opened Narita Sky Access Line, effectively an extension of the Hokuso Line from Imba-Nihon-Idai to Narita Airport.
The first two 7500 Series sets, 7501F and 7502F, manufactured by Tokyu Car Corporation and Nippon Sharyo in February and March 2006 respectively, were delivered to Hokuso Railway in late march, with set 7501F entering service on the 20th, along with 7800 Series set 7808F (a Keisei 3700 Series set loaned to Hokuso, repainted and renumbered) and replacing 7000 Series set No.1 (7002F). Set No.3 (7006F) was also retired soon after with the entry into service of set 7502F. Finally, with the entry into service of an additional 7500 Series set (7503F, built by Nippon Sharyo in March 2007), the third 7000 Series set, No.2 (7004F) was retired, making it’s final run on the 25th of March.
Ever since, the life of the three 7500 Series sets has been absolutely unremarkable, save for a a minor upgrade of the passenger information screens to 17-inch LCD displays in 2019.
In service, the 7500 Series can be commonly found along the Hokuso Line, running in general local and rapid services between Narita Airport and Haneda Airport or Misakiguchi Station via Chiba New Town, Tokyo city itself and Yokohama as part of reciprocal-trough services with Keikyu, running onto the Nairta Sky Access Line, Hokuso Line, Keisei Main Line, Keisei Oshiage Line, Toei Subway Asakusa Line, Keikyu Main Line and Keikyu Airport Line or Keikyu Kurihama Line.
