Keio 8000 series

The 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.

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:
• 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) speedometer. TNS (Train Navigation System).

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

Formations

, the fleet consists of 14 ten-car sets and 13 eight-car sets (244 vehicles in total), formed as follows.

• c=Driver's cab; T=trailer, M=motor

0-subseries ten-car sets

20-subseries eight-car sets

Interior

History

The first 8000 series trains were introduced in 1992.

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.

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.

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