Keihan 9000 series explained

Keihan 9000 series
Manufacturer:	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Factory:	Kobe
Yearservice:	1997
Numberbuilt:	40 vehicles (5 sets)
Numberservice:	36 vehicles (5 sets, the rest of 4 vehicles were converted to 10000 series)
Formation:	7/8 cars per trainset
Fleetnumbers:	9001–9005
Operator:	Keihan Electric Railway
Carbody:	Aluminium
Width:	2780mm
Height:	4185mm
Doors:	3 pairs per side
Maxspeed:	110round=5NaNround=5
Traction:	Variable frequency (GTO)
Electricsystem:	1,500 V DC
Collectionmethod:	Overhead wire
Safety:	Keihan ATS

The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway in Kyoto, Japan, since 1997.^[1]

Design

The 9000 series trains were developed from the earlier 7200 series trains introduced in 1995.^[1]

Formations

, the fleet consists of four eight-car sets and one seven-car set.^[2] The fleet originally consisted of five eight-car sets, but one set, 9001, was reduced to seven cars in 2015.^[2]

8-car sets

The eight-car sets are formed as follows, with four motored ("M") cars and four non-powered trailer ("T") cars.^[2]

Designation	Mc1	T1	T2	M2	M1	T3	T4	Mc2
Numbering	900x	950x	960x	910x	915x	955x	965x	905x

• "Mc" cars are motored driving cars (with driving cabs).
• "M" cars are motored intermediate cars with driving facilities at one end for depot shunting.^[2]
• "T" cars are unpowered trailer cars.
• The Mc and M cars each have one scissors-type pantograph.^[2]
• The 9500 cars are designated as "mildly air-conditioned" cars.^[2]

7-car sets

The reformed seven-car set, 9001, is formed as follows, with three motored ("M") cars and four non-powered trailer ("T") cars.^[2]

Designation	Mc1	T1	T6	M3	T3	T4	Mc2
Numbering	900x	950x	970x	915x	955x	965x	905x

• "Mc" cars are motored driving cars (with driving cabs).
• "M" cars are motored intermediate cars with driving facilities at one end for depot shunting.^[2]
• "T" cars are unpowered trailer cars.
• The "T6" car has driving facilities at one end for depot shunting.^[2]
• The Mc and M cars each have one scissors-type pantograph.^[2]
• The 9500 car is designated as "mildly air-conditioned" cars.^[2]

Interior

Passenger accommodation originally consisted of a mixture of fixed transverse seating and longitudinal bench seating, but seating was converted to longitudinal seating only from 2008.^[1]

History

The first trains entered revenue service in 1997.^[1]

In March 2015, set 9001 was reformed as a seven-car set.^[2] Cars 9601 and 9602, removed from sets 9001 and 9002 when they were reduced to seven cars, were subsequently renumbered 10701 and 10751 respectively and inserted into 10000 series EMU set 10001 in February 2016 when that set was lengthened from four to seven cars.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: ja: 私鉄車両年鑑2013 . Japan Private Railways Annual 2013 . Ikaros Publications Ltd. . 20 March 2013 . Tokyo, Japan . Japanese . 82. 978-4-86320-693-9.
2. Book: ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 . Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 . Kotsu Shimbunsha . 23 July 2015 . Japan . Japanese . 132. 978-4-330-58415-7.
3. Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2016/02/18/171500.html. ja: 京阪10000系10001編成が7連化されて試運転 . Keihan 10000 series set 10001 lengthened to seven cars and test-run. 18 February 2016. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. Japanese. 19 February 2016.