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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

Keio 1000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

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

  • speed 90 km/htop speed
  • built 145made in total

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.

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