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Keikyu 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1959· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keikyu 1000 History gallery: にゆうてい (Niyutei) This photo was taken with Canon PowerShot S3 IS· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp
- 3. Keikyu 1000gata set 1217 20180605 174050: Toshinori baba This photo was taken with Nikon D3100· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Keikyu 1000kei syanai: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 5. Keikyu 1000kei syanai NO2: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 6. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 004: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 005: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Keikyu 1000 Series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keikyu 1000 series (京急1000形) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1959 until June 2010.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 140: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 50 years (1960–2010).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 356
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 90 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2/4/6/8 cars per set
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 35 t
- capacity
- 140 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4358560, Wikipedia: Keikyu 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.