Keihin Electric Express Railway
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The Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. (京浜急行電鉄株式会社 Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9006 ), also known as Keihin Kyūkō (京浜急行?) or Keikyū (京急?), is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Founded in 1898, it is the third oldest private railroad company in Japan next to Kyoto Municipal (1895) and Nagoya Railways- Meitetsu (1896). It is part of the Fuyo Group (or keiretsu) and has its headquarters in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
Trains on the Main Line have a maximum operating speed of 120 km/h making it the third fastest top operating speed for a commuter railroad in the Tokyo region, after the Tsukuba Express and Narita Express.
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[edit] List of Keikyū lines
- Keikyū Main Line (京急本線) (Sengakuji Station (泉岳寺) - Uraga Station (浦賀); 56.7 km)
- It runs between south area of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Shinagawa Station is the terminal station in Tokyo of this line. Its Limited Express (Green Limited Express, 快速特急 (Kaisoku Tokkyū)) competes with JR East Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line.
- From Sengakuji station, trains of Keikyū lines run into Toei Asakusa Line (subway of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation), and Keisei Electric Railway (to Narita Airport) and Hokuso Railway (to Chiba newtown area) lines.
- Keikyū Kurihama Line (京急久里浜線) (Horinouchi Station (堀ノ内) - Misakiguchi Station (三崎口);13.4Km)
- In Yokosuka and Miura city, south of Miura Peninsula.
- Keikyū Zushi Line (京急逗子線) (Kanazawa-Hakkei Station (金沢八景) - Shin-Zushi Station (新逗子); 5.9Km)
- Keikyū Daishi Line (京急大師線) (Keikyū Kawasaki Station (京急川崎) - Kojimashinden (小島新田); 4.5Km)
- In Kawasaki. Main passengers are the worshippers for Kawasaki Daishi (川崎大師), famous Buddism temple.
- Keikyū Airport Line (京急空港線) (Keikyū Kamata Station (京急蒲田) - Haneda Airport Station (羽田空港); 6.5Km)
- This is one of the Haneda Airport commuter line. Competitor is Tokyo Monorail.
[edit] List of Keikyū train models
[edit] Active
- New1000 Series
- 2100 Series
- 600 Series
- 1500 Series
- 2000 Series
- 800 Series
- 700 Series
- Old1000 Series
[edit] Retired
- 230 Series
- 400 Series
- 500 Series
- Old 600 Series
- Old 800 Series
