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Keihan 9000 series

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

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Keihan 9000 Series 20171028: 阪奈和· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Keihan 9000 Series EMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Keihan 5000 series and 9000 series 2018-01-01 (39895288401): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. Keihan 9000 Ohtemae: Mr.ちゅらさん· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Keihan 9000 P1040012: 京阪9000系· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. Keihan 9000 series 2017-01-01: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. Keihan 9000 series 9051 at Chushojima Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Keihan 9000 series at dusk 2017-01-01: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Keihan 9000 series at Noe Station 2019-11-16 (49904534537): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. Keihan 9000 Series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
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Keihan 9000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 阪奈和· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keihan 9000 series (京阪9000系, Keihan 9000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1997.

who runs it

Keihan Electric Railway

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • built 40made 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.
  • 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Still in service after 29 years.

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
status
in service
number built
40
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
1,500 V DC
formation
7/8 cars per trainset
length
18.9 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11375795, Wikipedia: Keihan 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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