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Keihan 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1983· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan Electric Railway - Series 6000 - 01: JKT-c· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Keihan6000Series01: Kansai explorer· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Keihan 6000 series at Noe Station 2019-11-16 (49904231306): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Keihan 6000 series set 6007 20180101: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Keihan6000-newcolor: Jr223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Keihan 6000 series at Owada Station 2019-11-16 (49904235551): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Keihan 6000 series at Owada Station 2019-11-16 (49904537402): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Keihan 6000 Series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Keihan 6000 Series EMU 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Keihan 6000 Series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keihan 6000 series (京阪6000系, Keihan 6000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1983. The series won the Laurel Prize from the Japan Railfan Club in 1984.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 150 m long: about 33 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
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- number built
- 115
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Keihan Electric Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 155 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead wire
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 150 m
- capacity
- 97 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11375780, Wikipedia: Keihan 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.