The is an

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...

(EMU) train type operated in Japan by the

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...

operator

Hankyu Railway , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

since 1975.

Operations

The 4-car 6300 series trains operate on the

Hankyū Arashiyama Line The is a railway line in Kyoto, Japan, operated by private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Katsura and Arashiyama on the west side of the city, linking the area along the line to the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line that extends east to cent ...

Formations

8-car sets

, a total of 24 vehicles are in operation, formed as two 6-car sets and three 4-car sets.

4-car sets

The three 4-car sets, numbered 6351 to 6363, are formed as follows, with two motored (M) cars and two unpowered trailer (T) cars. The "M" cars are fitted with two scissors-type pantographs.

6-car sets

The two 6-car sets, numbered 6350 and 6354 (''Kyō-Train''), are formed as follows, with four motored (M) cars and two unpowered trailer (T) cars. The two "M" cars are each fitted with two scissors-type pantographs. File:Hankyu-6353F.JPG, Arashiyama Line refurbishment set File:Hankyu-6354F kyotrain.JPG, ''Kyō-Train'' set 6354

History

The Hankyu 6300 series were originally built for limited express services on the

Hankyū Kyōto Main Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in a br ...

starting in 1975 and refurbished for Arashiyama Line services from 2009. The Hankyu 6300 series was awarded the 1976 Blue Ribbon Award of the Japan Railfan Club.

References

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