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Keikyu 600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1994· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keikyu-Type600-608-8: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Keikyu 600 Series EMU (III) 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Keikyu 600 Series EMU (III) 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keikyu600gata No2: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 5. Keikyu-railway-601F-20200104-154010: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Keikyu-Type600-601F-Lot1: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Keikyu601Shimbamba: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 8. Keikyu 600 series 602F 2017-07-08: ume-y This photo was taken with Nikon Coolpix P900· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Keikyu 602-1 Heiwajima Station 2016-10-07 (30540270932): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan This photo was taken with Nikon D7100· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Keikyu 600 Series EMU (III) 011: Tennen-Gas This photo was taken with Canon EOS 5D· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keikyu 600 series (京急600形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan. First introduced in 1994, a total of eight 8-car sets and six 4-car sets were built by Tokyu Car Corporation and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to replace the ageing 1000 series sets on limited express services.
who runs it
base stats
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 88
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 4/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3391240, Wikipedia: Keikyu 600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.