page_title: Fujikyu 8000 series
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Fujikyu 8000 series / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Odakyu 20000 series "RSE" EMU at Matsuda Station on an Asagiri service 日本語: 小田急電鉄20000系RSE車「あさぎり」 松田駅にて
context_page_description: The Fujikyu 8000 series is a DC electric multiple unit train type operated by the private railway operator Fuji Kyuko on Fujisan Limited Express limited-stop services on the Fujikyuko Line in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, since July 2014.
context_section_description: Fujikyu first announced in January 2012 that it intended to purchase a former Odakyu 20000 series RSE EMU set following its retirement in March of that year. All seven cars of the former set 20002 were moved to the Nippon Sharyo factory in Toyokawa, Aichi, in November 2013 for conversion work. Following conversion, the reformed 3-car train was moved to Fujikyu in April 2014.
  Between April and May 2014, Fujikyu held a public vote for the Mount Fuji caricatures to be used on the exterior of the new train, with 44 different designs selected together with 14 new designs submitted by the general public.
  Test running of the train still in plain all-over white livery commenced in June 2014. The 8000 series set entered revenue service from 12 July 2014.
caption: An Odakyu 20000 series "RSE" train in October 2009
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