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Keihan 600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Keihan Electric Railway· from 1984· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan since 1984
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan 600 series set 613 Ishiyamadera 20060315: 継之助 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keihan600-semiexpress: TRJN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Keihan 600 614 K-ON: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keihan 600 near HamaOtsu Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Keihan 600 series (Ⅲ) 603F Biwakogo between Minami-shiga and Shigasato: さりと· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Keihan 600 series 612 at Keihan-Zeze Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Keihan 600 series 612 at Sakamoto-Hieizanguchi Station 02: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Keihan 600 series and JR West 223 series: お口チャック at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 9. Keihan 600 series at biwakohamaotsu station 202608: Pusf.smbd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Keihan 600 series at Shigasato Station 2014-05-03: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Keihan 600 series (京阪600系, Keihan 600-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway on the Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line in Japan since 1984.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 15 m long: about 3 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
- 1984
- in service from
- 1984
- number built
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Keihan Electric Railway
- operators
- Keihan Electric Railway
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 15 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11375783, Wikipedia: Keihan 600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.