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Keikyu 800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1978· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keikyu-Type800-820F-Lot1981-1: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Fan on Keikyu 800: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 3. Keikyu 800 (25211671386): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Keikyu 800 823f tdr: 東京団地鉄道· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Keikyu 800 and Tokyu Toyoko Line 20040130: PekePON· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Keikyu 800 Series 821 Formation 20180821: 姫龍神ドライザー· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. KEIKYU 800 SERIES 8231- 20180820: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. KEIKYU 800 SERIES 8241- 20180820: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. KEIKYU 800 SERIES 8271- 20180820: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Keikyu 800 Series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keikyu 800 series (京急800形) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1978 until 2019.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 18.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1978–2011).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 132
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 18.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3391028, Wikipedia: Keikyu 800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.