Keio 6000 series (original) (raw)

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Japanese train type

Keio 6000 series
Ivory-white commuter train with dark red bodyside stripeSet 6416 in November 2009
In service 1972–2011
Entered service 23 May 1972
Number built 304 vehicles
Number in service None
Number preserved 1 vehicle, 2 cab ends
Number scrapped 301 vehicles
Formation 2/3/4/5/6/8 cars per trainset
Operators Keio Corporation
Lines served KO Keiō Line KO Keiō New Line KO Keiō Dōbutsuen Line KO Keiō Sagamihara Line KO Keiō Takao Line KO Keiō Keibajō Line S Toei Shinjuku Line
Specifications
Car body construction Steel
Car length 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Maximum speed 110 km/h (68 mph)
Traction system Resistor control Field chopper control
Acceleration 2.5 km/(h⋅s) (1.6 mph/s) (3.3 km/(h⋅s) (2.1 mph/s) for 6030 series on Shinjuku Line)
Deceleration 4.0 km/(h⋅s) (2.5 mph/s) 4.5 km/(h⋅s) (2.8 mph/s) (emergency)
Electric system(s) 1,500 V DC
Current collector(s) Overhead
Multiple working 9000 series, 7000 series
Track gauge 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)

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.

A four-car formation was used on the Keio Dobutsuen Line as a wanman driver-only-operated shuttle service.

Technical specifications

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Passenger accommodation consisted of longitudinal bench seating throughout.

The first units entered service on 23 May 1972.[1]

The type was withdrawn from service on 13 March 2011.[2]

Three cars were converted to maintenance cars and reclassified as DeWa 600 series in October 2004.[3] The DeWa 600 series replaced the older DeWa 5000 series maintenance cars which were operated since 1995. The remodeling went as follows:

The cars received a new grey livery with red and white diagonal stripes.[4]

The DeWa 600 series was used with ChiKi 290 or KuYa 900 sandwiched between cars 601 and 621.[5] It also served as a shunting vehicle at Wakabadai depot.[6]

Following the introduction of successor maintenance cars DeYa 901 and DeYa 902 in September 2015, the DeWa 600 series was withdrawn from service and scrapped in April 2016.[7]

  1. ^ "データ集 - 年表" [Data collection - Chronology] (PDF). 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ 京王電鉄6000系 [Keio 6000 series]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. March 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ 『鉄道車両年鑑2005年版』p130
  4. ^ 『鉄道車両年鑑2005年版』p131
  5. ^ 『鉄道ファン』通巻583号p85
  6. ^ "京王6416編成と6417編成が若葉台へ". railf.jp. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  7. ^ 『鉄道ピクトリアル』通巻923号「鉄道車両年鑑2016年版」p138