Keihan 9000 series

The Keihan 9000 series is a Japanese city commuter electric multiple unit operated by the Keihan Electric Railway since March 1997.
==History==
The 9000 series sets were manufactured in 1997 to further increase transportation capacity of the Keihan Main Line as well as to solve platform congestion issues, particularly at Hirakatashi Station. The sets were also produced to provide for a comfortable train for commuters traveling a longer distance, as well as acting as a general purpose train which can be used for both limited express and normal services in addition to catering to the rush hour crowd. A total of forty cars were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Hyōgo in 1997. Initially, all sets were formed into eight-car units to allow for rush hour service capabilities.
The trains were repainted into the new Keihan corporate livery in 2011. All 8-car sets, except one, were subsequently reformed into 7-car sets from 2015 to 2016, with the removed cars from the sets being inserted into 10000 series sets 10001 and 10002. All five sets are in service, being used on either local services or long distance limited express services to supplement the 3000 and 8000 series sets.
==Design==
The 9000 series use a conventional squared-off design with dual top-mounted headlights as is typical of many Keihan electric multiple units. These feature a simple design. The headlights have since been changed into LED fixtures. As the 9000 series sets are largely based on the 7200 series cars, their exterior design is largely identical.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars is of aluminum alloy. Cars are 18.9 meters long. All sets use Tōyō Denki Seizō gate turn-off thyristors which produce a raunchy scraping noise; as these were largely based on the 7200 series their underbody equipment is nearly identical.
==See also==
*Gallery
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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