Keihin Electric Express Railway

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A 2100 series train
A 2100 series train

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, more recently, 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. 京浜 (Keihin?) means the Tokyo (東京) - Yokohama (横浜) area.

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 second fastest private railroad in the Tokyo region, after the Tsukuba Express. The railroad's gauge is 1,435 mm.

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[edit] List of Keikyū lines

It runs between south area of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Shinagawa Station is the terminal station in Tokyo of this line. Its "Kaitoku" (快特) limited-stop service competes with JR East's Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line.
From Sengakuji station, Keikyū trains run into the Toei Asakusa Line and Keisei Electric Railway (to Narita Airport) and Hokuso Railway (to Chiba newtown area) lines.

[edit] List of Keikyū train models

[edit] Active

  • New 1000 series
  • 2100 series
  • 600 series
  • 1500 series
  • 2000 series
  • 800 series
  • 700 series
  • Old 1000 series

[edit] Retired

  • 230 series
  • 400 series
  • 500 series
  • Old 600 series
  • Old 800 series

[edit] Accidents

On 26 December 1944 according to Japanese media, a commuter train collided with another standing commuter train at Tsurumi market station, Keikyu Line, Yokohama, Japan, killing at least 53, and another 94 injured.[citation needed]

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Keikyū lines
Keikyū lines
Airport • Daishi • Kurihama • Main • Zushi
Major stations
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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major lines
Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Suburban, JR
■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
Suburban, Non-JR
Terminals
Miscellaneous
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16 major private rail operators of Japan
East Japan
Keikyū · Keiō · Keisei · Odakyū · Seibu · Sōtetsu · Tōbu · Tōkyū · Tokyo Metro
West Japan