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Keihan 7000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1989· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Keihan 7000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keihan 7000 series (京阪7000系, Keihan 7000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1989.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 200 kWpower output
  • seats 130passengers
  • built 28made 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 37 years ago, in 1989.
  • 131 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 130: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
1989
in service from
1989
number built
28
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
operators
Keihan Electric Railway
top speed
120 km/h
power
200 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC
formation
7 cars per trainset
length
131 m
capacity
130 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11375786, Wikipedia: Keihan 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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