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Keikyu 1500 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1985· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚆 multiple unit electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Keikyu-Type1500-1537: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Keikyu 1500 series 1713 formation: E176· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 12-000 prototype and Keikyu 1500 at Magome depot: Hahifuheho· CC0
  4. 4. 2018-05-06 Keikyu 1500 series: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Keikyu 1500 (24635142599): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Keikyu 1500 approaching Higashi Monzen: Hahifuheho· CC0
  7. 7. Keikyu 1500 at Rokugodote Station 2 (47983956488): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Keikyu 1500 Series - Flickr - Kentaro Iemoto@Tokyo: Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Keikyu 1500 Series 1707- 20180707: JM16 M35· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Keikyu 1500 series at Keikyu Kawasaki Station (47985495737): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
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Keikyu 1500 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keikyu 1500 series (京急1500形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1985.

who runs it

Keikyu

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 166made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 41 years ago, in 1985.
  • 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 37 years (1985–2022).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1985
in service from
1985
retired
2022
status
retired
number built
166
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
operators
Keikyu
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead catenary
formation
4/6/8 cars per trainset
length
18 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q3462271, Wikipedia: Keikyu 1500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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