The is a three-door commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993.
Operations The 3400 series often run on Keisei Main Line services, as well as through services onto the Toei Asakusa Line, Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line, and Hokuso Line. The trains do not typically run on the Narita Sky Access Line.
Formations , the fleet consists of five eight-car sets, formed as shown below, with six motored cars.
Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Designation M2c M1 T M2 M1' T M1 M2c Numbering 34x1 34x2 34x3 34x4 34x5 34x6 34x7 34x8
Cars 2 and 7 are each fitted with two single-arm pantographs, while car 5 has one.
History The 3400 series trains entered service in 1993, and were built using the underframes and control equipment from the original AE series Skyliner Limited Express EMUs and steel bodies based on the (stainless steel bodied) 3700 series EMUs. Construction continued until 1995.
Withdrawal Following the introduction of new 3100 series EMUs for use on Narita Sky Access Line services, they displaced the 3050 series fleet to the main Keisei lines, thus resulting in the 3400 series fleet being withdrawn from 2020. one 3400 series set remains in operation.
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Keisei rolling stock information