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Keio 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1996· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated since 1996
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Inokashira line Series1000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Keio Series1000-1757: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Keio 1000 1711F: Koumakyou2007· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Keio 1000 1729: Koumakyou2007· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Keio 1000 series (2nd gen) LCD monitor (30357152880): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Keio 1000 series (II) at Kichijoji Station 2010-12-26: terrykimura· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Keio 1000 series (II) at Kichijoji Station: Ryosuke Yagi· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Keio 1000 series 1706F Kichoji-minami 2016-07-03 (27672933613): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Keio 1000 series 1711F Kichoji-minami 2016-07-03 (28007117570): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Keio 1000 series 1714F Kichoji-minami 2016-07-03 (28288648405): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Keio 1000 series (京王1000系) is a DC commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Keio Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Introduced into service on 9 January 1996, a total of 29 five-car sets were built between 1995 and 2010 by Tokyu Car Corporation and Nippon Sharyo in six batches for use on the Keio Inokashira Line.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 30 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 145
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Keio
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead line)
- formation
- 5 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6383776, Wikipedia: Keio 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
