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Keikyu 2100 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1998· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keikyu-Type2100-73: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Keikyu-2100-2133: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Keikyu2100-G1430D1130-560M5-1: The RW place· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keikyu2100-RG6008-A-M01: The RW place· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Keikyu 2100 08: HonAtsu· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Keikyu 2100 and Keisei 3053 at Sengakuji station 20160327: Kunigumi Yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Keikyu 2100 at Sengakuji station 20160327 153105745: Kunigumi Yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Keikyu 2100 BLUE SKY TRAIN TRA local 20160306: Rsa This photo was taken with Canon EOS 600D· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. KEIKYU 2100 SERIES 2101- 20180804: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Keikyu 2100 Series 2133 Formation: E176· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Keikyu 2100 series (京急2100形) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1998. It replaced the earlier 2000 series on limited-stop Limited Express (快特, Kaitoku) reserved seat services. A total of 10 8-car sets were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Tokyu Car, and the first sets entered service on 28 March 1998.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 942: 19 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998
- in service from
- 1998
- number built
- 80
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Keikyu
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
- capacity
- 942 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q845972, Wikipedia: Keikyu 2100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.