Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line
The Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, connecting Kurosaki-Ekimae in Kitakyushu with Chikuhō-Nōgata Station in Nōgata, operated by Chikuhō Electric Railroad. The line does not have an official name. The company and the line are also called Chikutetsu. The company is a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad, founded in 1951. The line originally had a through service with the Nishitetsu Kitakyushu Line, a tram line closed in 2000. Because of this, the Chikutetsu Line only uses tram vehicles. However, the line is legally classified as a railway under Railway Business Act, not a tramway under Tram Act, and the line does not share any segments with public roads.
Rolling stock
Chikuhō Electric Railroad operates the following fleet of tramcars.- 3000 series 2-car articulated EMUs
- 5000 series 3-car articulated low-floor tramcars
3000 series
Nine 3000 series sets were introduced between 1988 and 1996., all nine 3000 series sets were in operation, numbered 3001 to 3009. Many 3000 series received all-over advertising.5000 series
The 5000 series is a 17.6 m long low-floor tramcar type with three articulated units mounted on two bogies., three 5000 series sets were in operation, with a total of four sets scheduled to be in operation by March 2018.Individual car histories are as follows.
| Set No. | Manufacturer | Delivery date | Service entry date | Livery |
| 5001 | Alna Sharyo | February 2015 | 14 March 2015 | Pink |
| 5002 | Alna Sharyo | February 2016 | 1 March 2016 | Green |
| 5003 | Alna Sharyo | February 2017 | 13 February 2017 | Pink |
| 5004 | Alna Sharyo | 2017 | 18 December 2017 | Light blue |
Former rolling stock
- 2000 series 3-car articulated EMUs
- 2100 series two-car articulated EMUs
2000 series
The 2000 series sets were purchased from Nishitetsu and rebuilt as three-car articulated units with four bogies., three of the original seven 2000 series sets remained in operation. Each car was finished in a different colour livery as follows. The remaining 2000 series sets were decommissioned around November 2022.
| Set No. | Livery | Notes |
| 2001 | Purple | Withdrawn |
| 2002 | Indigo | |
| 2003 | Blue | |
| 2004 | Green | Withdrawn |
| 2005 | Yellow | Withdrawn |
| 2006 | Orange | |
| 2007 | Red | Withdrawn |