Keio 8000 series


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

Technical details

The body is stainless steel. The front is steel.

Driver's cab

"T" shape one handle master-controller system. Digital speedometer. TNS.
, the fleet consists of 14 ten-car sets and 13 eight-car sets, formed as follows.

20-subseries eight-car sets

Interior

History

The first 8000 series trains were introduced in 1992.
Six-car and four-cars sets used to be operated on splitting services which separated and re-joined at Takahatafudō Station until 2006. Now, all six-car and four-car 0-subseries sets are permanently formed as 10-car trains.
The 8000 series trains are used exclusively on Keio Corporation lines. Unlike some other Keio trains, they do not continue past Shinjuku on to the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Special liveries

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