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Keio 9000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 2001· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Keio 9000 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Keio 9000 series (京王9000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type in Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation since 2001 on the Keio Line and its branches in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 110 km/htop speed
  • power 170 kWpower output
  • seats 141passengers
  • built 264made in total

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 25 years ago, in 2001.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 141: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 25 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2001
in service from
2001
status
in service
number built
264
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
Keio
top speed
110 km/h
power
170 kW
gauge
1,372 mm Scotch gauge
electric system
overhead line
formation
8/10 cars per trainset
length
20 m
capacity
141 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6383781, Wikipedia: Keio 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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