Mister No's Pics & Vids

The Shin-Keisei type 80000 has been running for a 1,5 year on the Shin-Keisei line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and has now received its Plarail version. As "Takara Tomy", the company that produces these models, often likes to do when it comes to passenger trains, so this one is sold exclusively in 7-Eleven shops, at some of the 24 stations of this line, so it's a bit difficult to get it. I like it so much I bought 2 on Mercary Japan via Buyee (highly recommended).

This new Shin-Keisei train has a characteristic silver-white-pink colour, but pink (the colour is called "gentle pink") has been added this time as a line on the roof of the train, so that passengers, say the Shin-Keisei Railway, can from afar see their train coming. And they can see it often, because the train runs every 10 minutes, and in the morning rush hours even every four minutes!

The line of this train is connected to the regions of Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa, and at Shin-Kamagaya station you can change to the train "Narita Sky Access" and in 29 minutes reach the air entrance to Japan - Narita Airport. According to Shin-Keisei website, due to the rich natural resources along the line, activities including picking pears or peaches also make this route full of charm.



















Plarail model is an older type one-speed-train that uses one big C (R14) battery. It's rather quiet and not too fast. It's another great little commuter train!