Keikyu 1000 series


The Keikyu 1000 series was a DC electric multiple unit train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1959 until June 2010.

Operations

The trains were used on the Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line, Keikyu Daishi Line, Keikyu Zushi Line, and Keikyu Kurihama Line. They were also used on Toei Asakusa Line inter-running services until 2008. The last train made its final run in service on the Daishi Line on 28 June 2010.

Formations

The 1000 series fleet consisted of two-, four-, six-, and eight-car sets. By 2010, only four- and six-car sets remained in service, formed as shown below.

6-car sets

DesignationM1cM2M1M2M1M2c
Numbering1xxx1xxx1xxx1xxx1xxx1xxx

The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.

4-car sets

DesignationM1cM2M1M2c
Numbering1xxx1xxx1xxx1xxx

The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.

Interior

History

Four 800 series cars were built in 1958 as prototypes, based on the earlier 700 series design. The type was subsequently reclassified "1000 series", with a further 352 vehicles built from 1959 to 1978. The early batches had non-gangwayed driving cabs with two windscreen panes, similar to the 700 series, but later batches included a centre gangway door at the cab ends. Sets built from 1971 onwards had air-conditioning from new, whereas earlier sets were subsequently retrofitted with air-conditioning.
Withdrawals commenced in 1986 with the arrival of 1500 series trains. In 2008, one four-car set and one six-car set were repainted in early liveries to mark the 110th anniversary of Keikyu.
A special farewell train ran on 27 June 2010, and the last 1000 series sets remained in operation until 28 June on the Daishi Line.

Resale

A number of 1000 series cars were resold to the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad in Shikoku, becoming the 1080 series and 1300 series. Other cars were also resold to the Hokuso Railway, becoming the Hokuso 7150 series.
The identities and histories of the 1000 cars sold to Kotoden are as shown below.
Keikyu No.TypeWithdrawnResold to KotodenKotoden No.Remarks
1011M114 August 198814 December 19881081Cab donated from 1009
1012M2c14 August 198814 December 19881082
1019M131 March 19898 July 19891083Cab donated from 1017
1020M2c31 March 19898 July 19891084
1023M121 August 198919 December 19891085Cab donated from 1021
1024M2c21 August 198919 December 19891086
1027M11 December 198928 June 19901087Cab donated from 1025
1028M2c1 December 198928 June 19901088
1043M125 March 199114 August 19911091Cab donated from 1041
1044M2c25 March 199114 August 19911092
1047M120 August 199019 April 19911089Cab donated from 1045
1048M2c20 August 199019 April 19911090
1243M1c14 June 201031 August 20111307
1250M2c14 June 201031 August 20111308
1291M1c9 March 200728 June 20071303
1298M2c9 March 200728 June 20071304
1305M1c30 June 201031 August 20111305
1308M2c30 June 201031 August 20111306
1313M1c26 January 200727 June 20071301
1316M2c26 January 200727 June 20071302

Preservation

Two 1000 series cars, 1351 and 1356, remain stored at Keikyu's Kurihama Works.