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Keio 5000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2017· Japanese electric multiple unit train type introduced in September 2017

Keio 5000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 速水国府· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keio 5000 series (京王電鉄5000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation in the Tokyo area of Japan since 29 September 2017. A total of six ten-car trainsets were built by J-TREC. The trains feature rotating seats that can be arranged longitudinally for daytime services and in forward-facing transverse pairs for reserved-seat Keio Liner commuter services in the evenings which started on 22 February 2018.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 130 km/htop speed
  • power 150 kWpower output
  • built 80made 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 9 years ago, in 2017.
  • 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2017
in service from
2017
number built
80
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Japan Transport Engineering Company
designer
Kazuhiko Saito, Taro Shiono
operators
Keio
top speed
130 km/h
power
150 kW
gauge
1,372 mm Scotch gauge
electric system
overhead catenary
formation
10 cars per trainset
length
20.4 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q23069882, Wikipedia: Keio 5000 series (2017) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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