Keio Corporation
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Keio Corporation (京王電鉄株式会社 Keiō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9008 ) is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and a central firm of the Keio Group (京王グループ Keiō Gurūpu?) that is involved in transportation, retail, real estate and other industries.
The name "Keiō" is a contraction for "Tokyō-Hachiōji" (東京-八王子). The Keiō railway network connects the western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Fuchū, Hachiōji, Hino, Inagi, Sagamihara, Tama) with the city center at Shinjuku Station.
The Keiō Corporation and the JR Keiyō Line are separate, and have no stations near each other.
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[edit] History
Keiō's earliest predecessor is the Nippon Electric Railway (日本電気鉄道) which was formed in 1905. It reorganized as the Musashi Electric Railway (武蔵電気鉄道) in 1906. It renamed itself again to Keio Electric Tramway (京王電気軌道) in 1910 and began operating its first stretch of railway in 1913, between Sasazuka and Chōfu. By 1923, Keio had completed its primary rail link between Shinjuku and Hachioji. Between Fucyu and Hachioji were railed by Gyokunan Electric Railway (玉南電気鉄道) with 1,067 mm garge and after correct to 1,372 mm garge. The company was merged into Tokyu Corporation in 1944 as part of a government-directed consolidation of railway companies.
The Inokashira Line began operating in 1933 under a completely separate company, Teito Electric Railway (帝都電鉄). The railway also plan to rail between Ooimachi to Suzaki (now Koto city) through around of the Tokyo but the plan wasn't railed. In 1940, Teito merged with the Odakyu Electric Railway, and in 1942 the combined companies also became part of Tokyu Corporation.
In 1947, the shareholders of Tokyu voted to spin off the Keiō and Inokashira lines as a new Keio Teito Electric Railway (京王帝都電鉄) company. The Teito name was dropped in 1998.
[edit] Lines
The Keiō network is based around the central Keiō Line(京王線). Branches from that line include:
- Keiō Dōbutsuen Line (京王動物園線)
- Keiō Keibajō Line (京王競馬場線)
- Keiō New Line (京王新線)
- Keiō Sagamihara Line (京王相模原線)
- Keiō Takao Line (京王高尾線)
The Keiō Inokashira Line (京王井の頭線) is a route in another system. It intersects with the Keiō Line at Meidaimae Station.
[edit] Rolling stock
All Keiō trains have longitudinal (commuter-style) seating.
[edit] 1,372 mm gauge lines
- Acceleration: 2.5 km/h/s (3.3 km/h/s on Shinjuku Line)
- Maximum speed: 120 km/h
- Car length: 20 m
- Driver's cab: One handle master-controller
- Other 9030 series and 6030 series don't allowed to run on Shinjuku Line
- 9000 series (from 2001)
- 5M5T (5 motor cars and 5 trailers, motor cars have 4 motors) allowed on Shinjuku Line.
- 8000 series (from 1992)
- 7000 series (from 1984)
 9000 series (8-car set) |
 8000 series (6+4-car set) |
 7000 series (8-car set) |
[edit] 6000 series (from 1972)
- Motor output: 150 kW
- Formation: 1M1T (cleared for Shinjuku Line), 2M2T, 3M2T (formed 3M2T+3M2T=6M4T), 4M2T, 5M3T (only on Keio corporation services), 6M2T (cleared for Shinjuku Line)
- Control system: Chopper (initial car was resistance control but is now withdrawn)
Steel body. Some have 5 doors, but some were rebuilt with 4 doors. Now 2M2T trains (only used on Dōbutsuen Line) and 4M2T trains have 5 doors, and 3M2T sets have rebuilt cars.
 6030 series (8+2-car set) |
 6000 series (5+5-car set) |
 6000 series coupled with 9000 series |
 6000 series in old color scheme |
[edit] Trains run from Shinjuku Line
See Shinjuku Line article.
- 10-300 series
- 10-300R series
- 10-000 series
[edit] 1,067 mm gauge lines
[edit] 1000 series (from 1996)
- Motor output: 180 kW
- Formation: 2M3T, 3M2T
- Control system: GTO-VVVF, IGBT-VVVF
- Car length: 20 m
- Driver's cab: One handle master-controller
[edit] 3000 series (from 1962)
- Motor output: 120 kW
- Formation: 3M2T
- Control system: Chopper
- Car length: 18.5 m
- Driver's cab: Two handle
