The was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1959 until June 2010.

Operations The trains were used on the Keikyu Main Line, Keikyu Airport Line, Keikyu Daishi Line, Keikyu Zushi Line, and Keikyu Kurihama Line. They were also used on Toei Asakusa Line inter-running services until 2008. The last train made its final run in service on the Daishi Line on 28 June 2010.

Formations The 1000 series fleet consisted of two-, four-, six-, and eight-car sets. By 2010, only four- and six-car sets remained in service, formed as shown below.

6-car sets

Designation M1c M2 M1 M2 M1 M2c Numbering 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx

The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.

4-car sets

Designation M1c M2 M1 M2c Numbering 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx 1xxx

The M1 and M1c cars each had one lozenge-type pantograph.

Interior

History Four 800 series cars were built in 1958 as prototypes, based on the earlier 700 series design. The type was subsequently reclassified "1000 series", with a further 352 vehicles built from 1959 to 1978. The early batches had non-gangwayed driving cabs with 2 windscreen panes, similar to the 700 series, but later batches included a centre gangway door at the cab ends. Sets built from 1971 onwards had air-conditioning from new, whereas earlier sets were subsequently retrofitted with air-conditioning.

Withdrawals commenced in 1986 with the arrival of 1500 series trains. Beginning in 1995, when the line speed between and was raised to , the 1000 series fleet was relegated from limited express services as, in spite of the sets' 120 km/h design speed, they were limited to only in service. By September 2001, the fleet had been withdrawn from daytime express services, before being withdrawn from all express services, as well as Toei Asakusa Line through services, by November 2008.

In 2008, one four-car set and one six-car set were repainted in early liveries to mark the 110th anniversary of Keikyu.

A special farewell train ran on 27 June 2010, and the last 1000 series sets remained in operation until 28 June on the Daishi Line.

Resale

A number of 1000 series cars were resold to the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad ("Kotoden") in Shikoku, becoming the 1080 series and 1300 series. Other cars were also resold to the Hokuso Railway, becoming the Hokuso 7150 series.

The identities and histories of the 1000 cars sold to Kotoden are as shown below. Keikyu No. Type Withdrawn Resold to Kotoden Kotoden No. Remarks 1011 M1 14 August 1988 14 December 1988 1081 Cab donated from 1009 1012 M2c 1082 1019 M1 31 March 1989 8 July 1989 1083 Cab donated from 1017 1020 M2c 1084 1023 M1 21 August 1989 19 December 1989 1085 Cab donated from 1021 1024 M2c 1086 1027 M1 1 December 1989 28 June 1990 1087 Cab donated from 1025 1028 M2c 1088 1043 M1 25 March 1991 14 August 1991 1091 Cab donated from 1041 1044 M2c 1092 1047 M1 20 August 1990 19 April 1991 1089 Cab donated from 1045 1048 M2c 1090 1243 M1c 14 June 2010 31 August 2011 1307   1250 M2c 1308 1291 M1c 9 March 2007 28 June 2007 1303 1298 M2c 1304 1305 M1c 30 June 2010 31 August 2011 1305 1308 M2c 1306 1313 M1c 26 January 2007 27 June 2007 1301 1316 M2c 1302

Preservation

Two 1000 series cars, 1351 and 1356, remain stored at Keikyu's Kurihama Works.

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