#5261
Keikyu N1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2002· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keikyu-Type1000-501: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Keikyu-Main-Line Type1000-355 445: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. KeikyuN1000-LCD01: The RW Place· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keikyu N1000 series (京急新1000形, Keikyū Shin-1000-gata) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 2002.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 24 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- status
- in service
- number built
- 514
- 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
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 2/4/6/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4358472, Wikipedia: Keikyu N1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.