#4747· Keihan treintype 8000
Keihan 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1989· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan by Keihan Electric Railway since 1989
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan8000-newcolor: jr223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keihan8000 Premium car connection: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. KEIHAN8000 R LONG: Vtwinpower· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keihan 8000 Series EMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Keihan 8000 (22041119582): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Keihan 8000 8007: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Keihan 8000 series 2017-01-01 2: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Keihan 8000 series 2017-01-01: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Keihan 8000 series at Noe Station 2019-11-16 (49903715683): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Keihan 8000 series at Noe Station 2019-11-16 (49904232016): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Keihan 8000 series (京阪8000系, Keihan 8000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) limited express train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Japan since 1989.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- number built
- 80
- 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
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
- Dutch name
- Keihan treintype 8000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6383608, Wikipedia: Keihan 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.