Keio_8000_series

Keio 8000 series

Keio 8000 series

Japanese electric multiple unit train type


The Keio 8000 series (京王8000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1992.

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Technical details

  • MT ratio
    • 0 subseries: 10-car set: 6M4T (six motor cars and four trailer cars; each motor car has four motors)
    • 20 subseries: eight-car set: 4M4T
  • Motor output: 150 kilowatts (200 hp)
  • Gear ratio: 6.07
  • Drive mechanism: Parallel cardan
  • Traction control system: GTO-VVVF
  • Headlights: Sealed beam
  • Destination indicators: roller-blind or 3-color LED
  • Passenger information displays: 3-color LED (4 per car)
  • Seating arrangement (intermediate cars): 4-7-7-7-4 on longitudinal bench seats

Body

The body is stainless steel. The front is steel.

Driver's cab

"T" shape one handle master-controller system. Analog (formerly digital[citation needed]) speedometer. TNS (Train Navigation System).

  • Acceleration: 4 notch
  • Deceleration: 7 notch + emergency

Formations

As of 1 April 2015, the fleet consists of 14 ten-car sets and 13 eight-car sets (244 vehicles in total), formed as follows.[2]

  • c=Driver's cab; T=trailer, M=motor

0-subseries ten-car sets

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20-subseries eight-car sets

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Interior

History

The first 8000 series trains were introduced in 1992.[3]

Six-car and four-cars sets (and occasionally a pair of four-car sets) used to be operated on splitting services which separated and re-joined at Takahatafudō Station until 2006. From 2013 to 2019, all six- and four-car 0-subseries sets underwent a refurbishment program. Among several technical upgrades, the cabs of the two inner ends were removed to form 10-car sets.[3]

The 8000 series trains are used exclusively on Keio Corporation lines. Thus, unlike some other Keio trains, they do not continue past Shinjuku on to the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Set 8705F was involved on the October 2021 Tokyo attack.

Special liveries

Set 8713 received a special all-over green livery in September 2009 evoking the livery carried by the former 2000 series trains.[4]


References

  1. "TS-823A TS-824 / 京王電鉄8000系|台車近影|鉄道ホビダス" [TS-823A TS-824 / Keio Electric Railway 8000 series]. rail.hobidas.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. 私鉄車両編成表 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.
  3. 私鉄車両年鑑 2013: 大手15社営業用車両完全網羅 私鉄車両年鑑2013 [Japan Private Railways Annual 2013] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. 20 March 2013. p. 153. ISBN 978-4-86320-693-9.
  4. 高尾山をイメージしたラッピング車両を運行 [Train to run with wrapping livery with Mt Takao theme] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Corporation. 24 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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