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Keihan 800 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1997· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan since 1997

🚆 multiple unit electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Keihan800-hot-ksm: Linearcity· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Keihan 800 series Otsu street 2019-11-16 (49905152908): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. Emergency button Keihan 800: Hahifuheho· CC0
  4. 4. Keihan 800 evening: Hahifuheho· CC0
  5. 5. Keihan 800 plates: Hahifuheho· CC0
  6. 6. Keihan 800 series at Hama-Otsu Station 20130609 (9017811602): Kzaral· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. Keihan 800 series Biwako-Hamaotsu Station 2019-11-16 (49905155783): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Keihan 800 series Biwako-Hamaotsu Station 2019-11-16 (49905972357): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Keihan 800 series dedicated track (24079851776): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Keihan 800 series Otsu street 2019-11-16 (49905151758): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
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what is it?

The Keihan 800 series (京阪800系, Keihan 800-kei) is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter trains operated since 1997 by the privately owned Keihan Electric Railway on its Keihan Keishin Line and the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line in Japan.

who runs it

Keihan Electric Railway

base stats

  • speed 75 km/htop speed
  • built 32made 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 29 years ago, in 1997.
  • 16.5 m long: about 4 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
1997
in service from
1997
number built
32
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
operators
Keihan Electric Railway
top speed
75 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC
formation
4 cars per trainset
length
16.5 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11375792, Wikipedia: Keihan 800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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