Keihin Electric Express Railway

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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. The companies railway origins date back to 1898, but the current company dates to 1948. The Kanto region's first electric train rolled in January 1899. It celebrated Tokyo's and the companies' 100 years of electric railroad history in pictures in February 1998. Of the major railway companies today, only Nankai Electric Railway of Osaka predates Keikyu in operating electric trains.

It is part of the Fuyo Group (or keiretsu) and has its headquarters in Minato, 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, differing from the more common rail gauge in Japan, 1,067 mm.

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[edit] List of Keikyū lines

Lines Sections Length (km) Stations Date opened Max speed
Keikyū Main Line Sengakuji Station -
Uraga Station		 56.7 50 1899 120 km/h
Keikyū Kurihama Line Horinouchi Station -
Misakiguchi Station		 13.4 9 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Zushi Line Kanazawa-Hakkei Station -
Shin-Zushi Station		 5.9 4 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Daishi Line Keikyū Kawasaki Station -
Kojimashinden		 4.5 7 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Airport Line Keikyū Kamata Station -
Haneda Airport Station		 6.5 7 120 km/h
Total 5 lines 87.0  

The Keikyū Main Line 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

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Keikyū lines
Keikyū lines
Airport • Daishi • Kurihama • Main • Zushi
Major stations
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Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR lines
(Tokyo Urban/Suburban Area)
■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Karasuyama  · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Nikkō · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■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 private networks
Keikyū (Keikyū Main · Airport · Daishi · Kurihama · Zushi) · Keiō (Keiō · Keiō New · Dōbutsuen · Inokashira · Keibajō · Sagamihara · Takao) · Keisei (Keisei Main · Chiba · Chihara · Oshiage · Higashi-Narita · Kanamachi) · Odakyū (Enoshima · Odawara · Tama) · Seibu (Ikebukuro Lines: ■Ikebukuro · ■Sayama · ■Seibu Chichibu · ■Seibu Yūrakucho · ■Toshima · Shinjuku Lines: ■Shinjuku · ■Haijima · ■Kokubunji · ■Seibu-en · ■Tamagawa · ■Tamako) · Sōtetsu (Sōtetsu Main · Izumino) · Tōbu (Tōbu Main lines: Daishi · Isesaki · Kameido · Kinugawa · Kiryū · Koizumi · Nikkō · Noda · Sano · Utsunomiya · Tōjō Lines: Tōjō · Ogose) · Tōkyū (■Den-en-toshi · ■Ikegami · ■Meguro · ■Ōimachi · ■Tōkyū Tamagawa · ■Tōyoko)
Other commuter rail lines
Other lines
Monorails: Chiba Monorail · Disney Resort · Shōnan Monorail · Tama Monorail · Tokyo Monorail · People movers: New Shuttle · Seaside · Yamaguchi · Yūkarigaoka · Yurikamome · Streetcars: ■Enoden · ■Setagaya
Cable Cars/Aerial tramways
Major Terminals
Rail: Akihabara · Chiba · Ikebukuro · Kawasaki · Kita-Senju · Ōmiya · Ōtemachi · Shibuya · Shinagawa · Shinjuku · Tachikawa · Tokyo · Ueno · Yokohama · Airports: Haneda · Narita · Chofu · Ibaraki · Ports: Yokohama · Tokyo · Ibaraki
Miscellaneous
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16 major and 6 semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region
Keikyū · Keiō · Keisei · Shin-Keisei* · Odakyū · Seibu · Sōtetsu · Tōbu · Tōkyū · Tokyo Metro
Chūbu region
Kinki region
Kyūshū region
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