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Keikyu 700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1956· Japanese electric multiple unit train type introduced in 1956 and later reclassified 600 series
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- 1. Keikyu 616 kaitoku: spaceaero2 This photo was taken with Canon AE-1 Program· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Keikyu 700 series (京急700形), later reclassified Keikyu 600 series (京急600形), was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on limited-stop commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1956 until 1986.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Served for 30 years (1956–1986).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1986
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2, 4 or 6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11374291, Wikipedia: Keikyu 700 series (1956) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.