Fujikyu 6000 series

Converted from former JR East 205 series EMU cars, the exterior and interior design of the 3-car 6000 series EMUs was overseen by industrial designer Eiji Mitooka. The second set to enter service, 6001, uses LED lighting throughout.

The first set, 6501, was converted from full-production 205 series cars constructed from 1985 to 1991, and has single-pane passenger windows, while subsequent sets (Set 6001 onwards) were converted from pre-production 205 series cars and have two-pane passenger windows which were originally from Yamanote Line from 1985 to 2005 and then Keiyo Line from 2005 to 2011.

File:Fujikyu 6051.jpg|Set 6002, with two-pane side windows, in November 2012

File:Fujikyu 6000-Inside.jpg|Interior view of set 6501 in November 2012

File:Fujikyu 6000 Cab.jpg|Cab view in August 2013

The 6000 series trains operate on the {{Cvt|26.6|km}} Fujikyuko Line in Yamanashi Prefecture, which runs between {{STN|Ōtsuki|x}} and {{STN|Kawaguchiko|x}}, and are normally used on all-stations "Local" services.

The 6000 series are formed as 3-car sets as shown below, with car 1 at the Fujisan end.{{cite magazine| script-title=ja: 富士急行6000系|trans-title=Fujikyu 6000 series|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine| volume = 52| issue = 613|pages=62–64| publisher = Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan| date = May 2012}}{{cite book |script-title=ja: 私鉄車両編成表 2015 |trans-title=Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2015 |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha |date = 23 July 2015 |location = Japan |language = Japanese |page = 86|isbn = 978-4-330-58415-7|title=私鉄車両編成表 }} The first set in service, 6501, was converted from three cars of former Keiyo Line 205 series set KeYo 22. The second set, 6001, was converted from three cars of former Keiyo Line set KeYo 25. The fifth set, 6502, was converted from three cars of former Saikyo Line set Hae 28. The sixth set, 6701, was converted from three cars of former Hachiko Line set Hae 85.

The Mc cars are equipped with two FPS33E single-arm pantographs (only one normally used).

File:Fujikyu 6501.jpg|KuMoHa 6501

File:Fujikyu 6601.jpg|MoHa 6601

File:Fujikyu 6551.jpg|KuHa 6551

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The first set of three former Keiyo Line 205 series cars was transferred in unpainted form from JR East's Nagano Works to the Fujikyuko Line in October 2011. Modifications involved transplanting a driving cab onto a former intermediate motored car, the provision of LED destination indicators, and passenger-operated door buttons.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2011/10/01/200500.html|script-title=ja: もと京葉車両センター所属の205系が富士急行へ|trans-title=Former Keiyo 205 series moved to Fujikyu|date= 1 October 2011|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location= Japan|language= Japanese |accessdate= 1 March 2012}}

The second set (former Keiyo Line set KeYo 25) was transferred to the Fujikyuko Line in January 2012.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2012/01/22/215500.html|script-title=ja: 富士急6000系2本目が甲種輸送される|trans-title=Second Fujikyu 6000 series set delivered|date= 22 January 2012|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location= Japan|language= Japanese |accessdate= 1 March 2012}}

Driver training commenced in February 2012, with the units still in unpainted form.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2012/02/60001.html|script-title=ja: 6000系第1編成 乗務員習熟運転実施|trans-title=1st Fujikyu 6000 series set undergoes driver training|date= 14 February 2012 |work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 1 March 2012}}

The first set entered revenue service on 29 February 2012 (a date which can be read as fu-ji-kyu in Japanese).{{cite web |url= http://www.fujikyu-railway.jp/forms/info/info.aspx?info_id=24858|title= 富士の麓のニューフェイス！「６０００系」がデビューしました|trans-title=A new face at the foot of Mt Fuji! 6000 series debut!|date= 29 February 2012|work= Fujikyuko Line Event Information|publisher= Fuji Kyuko |location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 1 March 2012}} A formal debut event was staged on 18 March 2012, from which date, set 6501 also entered revenue service.{{cite web |url= http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2012/03/600026001f.html|script-title=ja: 6000系第2編成（6001F）営業運転開始|trans-title=2nd Fujikyu 6000 series set (6001) enters service|date= 19 March 2012 |work= RM News|publisher= Neko Publishing Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 19 March 2012}}

A further four former 205 series cars were purchased from JR East in November 2016.{{cite magazine|script-title=ja: JR東日本 車両のうごき（平成28年11月分） |trans-title=JR East rolling stock changes (November 2016)|magazine = Japan Railfan Magazine |volume = 57|issue = 671 |page = 182 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Japan |language = Japanese |date = March 2017}}

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In September 2016, set 6501 received a special red and white livery based on that of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in Switzerland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of a sister railway agreement with the line.{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2016/09/14/150000.html|script-title=ja: 富士急行「マッターホルン号」運転開始 |trans-title=Fujikyuko to run "Matterhorn" train|date= 14 September 2016|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160914063741/http://railf.jp/news/2016/09/14/150000.html |archivedate= 14 September 2016|url-status=live |accessdate= 14 September 2016}}

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