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Keio 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1963· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keio 5000 KH-39: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 2. Keio 5000 limited express: Shellparakeet· CC0
- 3. Keio 5000 NA-312AT: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 4. Keio 5000 series car number 5113: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Keio 5000 series car number 5863: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Keio 5000 with reprinted painting: Shellparakeet· CC0
- 7. Keio5000-2: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Keio5000-JINBA: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Keio 5000 series (京王5000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type which was formerly operated by Keio Corporation in Japan and first introduced in 1963. Built in batches by Nippon Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corp, and Hitachi, it was the recipient of the fourth Laurel Prize of the Japan Railfan Club. A total of 155 vehicles were built between 1963 and 1969, formed as 23 four-car sets, 13 three-car sets, and 12 two-car sets.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- Served for 33 years (1963–1996).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1963
- in service from
- 1963
- retired
- 1996
- status
- retired
- number built
- 155
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Hitachi
- operators
- Keio
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,372 mm Scotch gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2/3/4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6383777, Wikipedia: Keio 5000 series (1963) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.