Choshi Electric Railway 2000 series

Choshi Electric Railway 2000 series
2000 series set 2001 near Inuboh Station, January 2011
In service	July 2010–
Manufacturer	Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo
Replaced	700/800 series
Constructed	1962
Refurbishment	2010
Number in service	4 vehicles (2 sets)
Formation	2 cars per trainset
Capacity	238 (98 seated)
Operator(s)	Choshi Electric Railway
Depot(s)	Nakanochō
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	17,680 mm (58 ft 0 in)
Width	2,700 mm (8 ft 10 in)
Height	4,100 mm (13 ft 5 in)
Doors	3 sliding doors per side
Traction system	90 kW x4
Power output	360 kW
Electric system(s)	600 V DC
Current collection method	Overhead wire
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Choshi Electric Railway 2000 series (銚子電鉄2000形, Chōshi Dentetsu 2000-gata^?) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, since July 2010. The two two-car sets were converted from former Iyo Railway 800 series EMU cars, which were themselves converted from former Keio Corporation 2010 series EMUs built in 1962, and were introduced to replace the Choshi Electric Railway's ageing 700 and 800 series EMU cars.

The two two-car sets are each formed of a driving motor (Mc) car and driving trailer (Tc) car as shown below, with the DeHa 2000 cars at the Chōshi end.

The DeHa 2000 cars were originally fitted with one lozenge type pantograph. The pantograph on DeHa 2001 was damaged on 20 October 2013, entailing its replacement with a spare single-arm pantograph from 22 October - a first for trains on the line.

Since its introduction on the Choshi Electric Railway, set 2001 carries the all-over green livery originally carried in its Keio days.

Set 2001 in all-over green Keio-style livery, August 2010

Set 2001 in May 2014, with its replacement single-arm pantograph

Set 2002 was initially painted into all-over cream livery and entered service in July 2010 with advertising vinyls promoting the local Aeon shopping mall. The advertising contract with Aeon for set number 2002 expired on 21 November 2012, and from December, the set was returned to service in the cream livery with red bodyside line as carried by the Keio 2010 series EMUs in their later days. Set 2002 was scheduled to run in this livery until 16 September 2013, after which date it received a "90th Anniversary livery", consisting of the addition of black and red paintwork to the non-gangwayed cab end. Following the completion of accident damage repairs in March 2015, set 2002 was repainted in the early Choshi Electric Railway livery of red and beige, returning to service in April 2015.