Keio 6000 series

The Keio 6000 series is a Japanese city commuter electric multiple unit operated by the Keio Corporation from May 1972 to March 2011.
==History==
The 6000 series sets were designed based on an assumption that the sets would be used on the Toei Shinjuku Line. The sets were also technologically advanced for the time, adopting a combined single handle master controller and brake system and electronic braking. The sets were also designed to aid with the increased passenger numbers on the Keio Main Line.
From 1972 to 1991 304 cars were produced. The later 7000 series sets are heavily based on the 6000 series sets, having been introduced to complement these sets. Retirements began in 1998 with the introduction of new trains, with all sets retired by March 2011. Various other cars were converted for other uses, such as for maintenance-of-way usage. In their final years a number of sets were repainted back into their original cream and red livery.
One car, DeHa 6438, is preserved; it is located at Keio Rail Land. The cabs of KuHa 6722 and KuHa 6772 are also preserved there.
==Design==
The 6000 series cars feature a flat with side-mounted shield beam circular headlights; the sets are painted in a white livery with pink and dark blue accents, Keio's corporate livery. The sets were originally painted cream with red accents. The sets are designed to meet the "A-A standard" for fire safety benchmarks.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars is of steel. The sets use resistor-controlled or field chopper-controlled traction systems.
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