Keihan 10000 series

The Keihan 10000 series is a Japanese city commuter electric multiple unit operated by the Keihan Electric Railway since April 2002.
==History==
The 10000 series sets were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries starting 2002 to replace older trains, such as the 1900 and 2600 series, which were noted to have become quite aged around this time. The trains were also designed with future wanman operation on the Keihan Main Line in the near future. A total of twenty-four cars were manufactured from 2002 to 2006, formed into six four-car units. These were often used on the Uji and Katano Branches of the Keihan Main Line.
The trains were repainted into the new Keihan corporate livery starting from 2009. All sets were painted by 2010. Sets 10001 and 10002 were subsequently converted into 7-car sets in 2016 by inserting cars from 7200 and 9000 series cars and having those cars updated to 10000 series standards. Despite the fact that 7-car sets are often used for rapid express services, the 10000 series sets are rarely used for those operations; they may however be used for Limited Express situations if the situation requires. All six sets are operational.
==Design==
The 10000 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 to LED fixtures.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars is of aluminum alloy. Cars are 18.9 meters long. All sets use Tōyō Denki Seizō insulated gate bipolar transistor variable frequency drive which produce a high-pitched whine or screech.
==See also==
*Gallery
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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