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Keikyu 700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1967· electric multiple unit train type operated by Keikyu in Japan from 1967 to 2005
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- 1. Keikyu713shimbamba: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 2. Keikyu 700 windows: Hahifuheho· CC0
what is it?
The Keikyu 700 series (京急700形) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1967 until 2005. The 700 series was the first Keikyu stock type to have 4 doors on each side. A total of 84 cars were built between 1967 and 1971.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1967–2005).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1967
- in service from
- 1967
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 84
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- —
- power
- 150 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per set
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11374290, Wikipedia: Keikyu 700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.