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Keisei 3500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1972· electric multiple unit train type operated by Keisei Electric Railway in Japan
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Keisei 3588 20090602: DD51612 at Japanese Wikipedia This photo was taken with Nikon D200· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Keisei-Series3500: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Shibayama 3500 series 20220508: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Keisei 3500 3512f+3547-3548 Local Ueno: ぱーてぃーぱろっと· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Keisei 3500 Kanamachi Line: まも(Mamo)· Public domain
- 6. KEISEI 3500 SERIES 3528 FORMATION RAPID UENO: RAILWAY KU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Keisei 3500 series at Keisei-Takasago: Namemiso· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Keisei 3500 series at Nippori Station 2015-06-28: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Keisei 3500 series EMU at Shibayama-Chiyoda Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Keisei 3500 Series Local 20190328: 橋爪純希· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Keisei 3500 series (京成3500形) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1972. It was the operator’s first stainless steel train type to be introduced.
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.
- Still in service after 54 years.
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
- status
- in service
- number built
- 96
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Keisei Electric Railway, Shibayama Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 8/6/4 cars per set
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6383835, Wikipedia: Keisei 3500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.