Keikyu 800 series

Keikyu 800 series
Set 824 in July 2014
In service	1978–
Refurbishment	1994–2001
Scrapped	2011–
Number in service	84 vehicles (14 sets)
Formation	6 cars per trainset
Operator(s)	Keikyu
Depot(s)	Kanazawa, Shinmachi
Specifications
Car body construction	Steel
Car length	18,500 mm (60 ft 8 in) (end cars) 17,860 mm (58 ft 7 in) (intermediate cars)
Width	2,798 mm (9 ft 2 in)
Doors	4 per side
Maximum speed	100 km/h (60 mph)[1]
Traction system	Chopper Control
Acceleration	3.5 km/h/s[1]
Electric system(s)	1,500 V DC
Current collection method	overhead wire
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

The Keikyu 800 series (京急800形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1978.^[1]

Formations

Initially delivered as three-car sets,^[1] as of 1 April 2015, the fleet consists of 14 six-car sets, formed as follows, with all cars motored (M cars).^[2]

Designation	M1c	M2	M3	M1	M2	M3c
Numbering	8xx-1	8xx-2	8xx-3	8xx-4	8xx-5	8xx-6

• The "xx" in the car numbers corresponds to the set number.
• The two "M2" cars are each fitted with two lozenge-type pantographs.^[2]

Liveries

When delivered, the 800 series sets were painted in the standard Keikyu livery of vermillion red with white window surrounds, but were later repainted into all-over vermillion red with a white bodyside stripe following the introduction of the 2000 series trains.^[1]

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  Set 802 in original livery, January 1983

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  Set 814 in later livery, May 2006

History

Former cab cars converted to become gangwayed intermediate cars

The fleet underwent life-extension refurbishment between 1994 and 2001.^[1] This involved upgrading the train interiors and also forming 6-car sets from the remaining 3-car sets by removing the cab ends and adding gangway connections.^[1]

Withdrawals commenced in 2011 following the introduction of new 6-car N1000 series sets.^[1]

References

1. 私鉄車両年鑑2012 [Japan Private Railways Annual 2012]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. February 2012. p. 122. ISBN 978-4-86320-549-9.
2. 私鉄車両編成表 2015 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 23 July 2015. p. 36. ISBN 978-4-330-58415-7.

External links

• Keikyu 800 series official information (Japanese)