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Keihan 3000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2008· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan since 2008

Keihan 3000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keihan 3000 series (京阪3000系, Keihan 3000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) limited express train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Japan since 2008.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • built 54made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.

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

spec sheet

built
2008
in service from
2008
status
in service
number built
54
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
operators
Keihan Electric Railway
top speed
110 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
overhead catenary
formation
8 cars per trainset

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11375769, Wikipedia: Keihan 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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