Keihan 10000 series
The Keihan 10000 series is an electric multiple unit commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Kyoto, Japan, since 2002.
Design
The 10000 series trains were developed from the earlier 7200 series and 9000 series trains, and have long aluminium-body cars each with three pairs of sliding doors per side.Operations
Since 2007, the 10000 series sets are primarily used on Keihan Katano Line driver-only operation services.Formations
, the fleet consists of six four-car sets formed as follows, with two motored cab cars at the ends, and two non-powered trailer cars in the middle.4-car sets
- "Mc" cars are motored driving cars.
- "T" cars are unpowered trailer cars.
- The Mc cars each have one scissors-type pantograph.
7-car trainsets
Set 10001, reformed as a seven-car set in 2016, is formed as follows.Car 10701 was renumbered from 9000 series car 9601, car 10101 was renumbered from former 7200 series car 7301, and 10751 was renumbered from former 9000 series car 9602.
History
A total of six four-car sets were built, with three sets built in 2002 and three in 2006. From 2009, the fleet was repainted into the new Keihan commuter train livery of dark green and white, with the entire fleet treated by 2010.In February 2015, set 10001 was reformed as a seven-car set by adding two former 9000 series cars and a former 7200 series car made surplus when former eight-car sets were reduced to seven cars in 2015. Set 10002 followed suit in April 2017, incorporating 9000 series cars 9603 and 9604, and 7200 series car 7302.