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Keihan 700 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Keihan Electric Railway· from 1992· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan since 1992
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keihan 700 series set 701 Ishiyamadera 20060315: 継之助 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keihan-Type700: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Keihan 700 702: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keihan 700 710 Thomas 2011: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Keihan 700 series at Keihan-Ishiyama Station 2012-07-30: eitarov· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Keihan 700 series at Miidera Station 2014-03-29: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Keihan 700 series leaving Biwako-Hamaotsu Station 2016-01-20: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Keihan 700 series leaving Biwako-Hamaotsu Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Keihan 700 series near Biwako-Hamaotsu Station 2011-09-28: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Keihan 700 series new livery 2018-04-01 Biwako Sosui KTO1804-006 (cropped): nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Keihan 700 series (京阪700系, Keihan 700-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 1992.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 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
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- number built
- 10
- 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 Q11375788, Wikipedia: Keihan 700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.