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Keihan 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1971· electric multiple unit train type operated by Keihan Electric Railway in Japan
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan 8030 3000 classictype: Jr223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keihan 3000 8081: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Keihan 3000 8531: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keihan 3000 Series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Keihan 3000 Series EMU 007: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Keihan 3000 Series EMU 008: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Keihan 3000 Series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Keihan 3000 series train 20060507: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Keihan3000 at KUZUHA MALL: Bonfire12 ( talk )· CC0
what is it?
The Keihan 3000 series (京阪3000系, Keihan 3000-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Japan from 1971 until 2013. From 2008 on, the 3000 series was designated as 8000-30 series (8000系30番台).
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Served for 42 years (1971–2013).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 58
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Keihan Electric Railway, Toyama Chihō Railway, Ōigawa Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 175 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead lines
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11375770, Wikipedia: Keihan 3000 series (1971) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.