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Keio 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1972· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keio6416: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keio 6000 & toei 10-000 prototype: Shellparakeet· CC0
- 3. Keio 6000 6438 revival at Keio Rail-Land: Sakura Torch· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Keio 6000 6772 at Keio Rail-Land: Sakura Torch· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Keio 6000 series 6416F old colour: Resident of higashi-fuchu at Japanese Wikipedia This photo was taken with Canon PowerShot A580· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Keio 6000 series 6722F Farewell: Resident of higashi-fuchu at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Keio 6000 TS-809: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 8. Keio6000 6030: Chabata_k· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Keio6000 6416f-keiba: Chabata_k(Japan)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Keio6000 6417F Farewell 20110117: ja:User:Resident_of_higashi-fuchu· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Keio 6000 series (京王6000系, Keiō 6000-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type in Japan, operated by Keio Corporation on its suburban Tokyo commuter rail network between 1972 and 2011. It was the first rolling stock in Keio's history with 20 m (65 ft 7 in) long cars with four pairs of doors per car side. Sets were refurbished from 1986 to extend their service life.
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 54 years ago, in 1972.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1972–2011).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1972
- in service from
- 1972
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 304
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Keio
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,372 mm Scotch gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- formation
- 2/3/4/5/6/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11374575, Wikipedia: Keio 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.