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Keihan 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1970· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan-Series5000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. JP-Osaka-Keihan-Series-5000: Kanchi1979· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Keihan 5000 Series EMU 015: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keihan 5000 series and 9000 series 2018-01-01 (39895288401): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Keihan 5000 series 2017-01-01: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Keihan 5000 series at Noe Station 2019-11-16 (49903715948): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Keihan 5000 series at Owada Station 2019-11-16 (49904239051): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Keihan 5000 Series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Keihan 5000 Series EMU 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Keihan 5000 Series EMU 006: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keihan 5000 series (京阪5000系, Keihan 5000-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Japan from 1970 until September 2021.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1970–2017).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1970
- in service from
- 1970
- retired
- 2017
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- 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 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11375774, Wikipedia: Keihan 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.