The Keikyu 1000 series (京急1000形) was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1959 until June 2010.
The 1000 series fleet consisted of two-, four-, six-, and eight-car sets.[2] By 2010, only four- and six-car sets remained in service, formed as shown below.[3]
6-car sets
Designation
M1c
M2
M1
M2
M1
M2c
Numbering
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.[3]
4-car sets
Designation
M1c
M2
M1
M2c
Numbering
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
1xxx
The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.[3]
Interior
The interior of a driving car in June 2010
Priority seating (left) in June 2010
History
Four 800 series cars were built in 1958 as prototypes, based on the earlier 700 series design.[2] 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 2 windscreen panes, similar to the 700 series, but later batches included a centre gangway door at the cab ends.[2] Sets built from 1971 onwards had air-conditioning from new, whereas earlier sets were subsequently retrofitted with air-conditioning.[2]
Withdrawals commenced in 1986 with the arrival of 1500 series trains.[2] Beginning in 1995, when the line speed between Shinagawa and Yokohama was raised to 120 km/h (75 mph), the 1000 series fleet was relegated from limited express services as, in spite of the sets' 120 km/h design speed, they were limited to only 110 km/h (68 mph) in service. By September 2001, the fleet had been withdrawn from daytime express services, before being withdrawn from all express services, as well as Toei Asakusa Line through services, by November 2008.[4]
In 2008, one four-car set and one six-car set were repainted in early liveries to mark the 110th anniversary of Keikyu.[2]
Set 1321 in special "History Gallery" livery in March 2008
Set 1309 in special "Arigato gallery" livery in May 2008
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.[2]
Keikyu 1000 series on the Daishi Line in June 2010, in the final weeks before withdrawal
^ abcdefghijSato, Ryosuke (2014). 京急電車の運転と車両探見 [Examining Keikyu Train Operations and Rolling Stock]. Tokyo, Japan: JTB Can Books. pp. 164–167, 175. ISBN978-4-533-09705-8.
^ abc 私鉄車両編成表 2010 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations – 2010]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. August 2010. p. 34. ISBN978-4-330-15310-0.
^ 京急1000形50年のあゆみ Period 3 [The 50-year history of the Keikyu 1000 series: Period 3]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 50, no. 594. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. October 2010. pp. 106–111.