4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hankyu 1000I Scan10078: 京阪神急行電鉄 / Hankyu Railway Official· Public domain
- 2. Hankyu1029: TRJN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 1988-7-10-noseden1000: TRJN· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Noseden1050 NisseiChuo 19920419: Olegushka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hankyu 1000 series (阪急電鉄1000系, Hankyū dentetsu 1000-kei) was a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Corporation on the Hankyu Kobe Main Line from 1954 until 1989.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1954–1991).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 39
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- ALNA Koki
- operators
- Hankyu Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC, later 1,500 V DC overhead lines
- formation
- 2/3/4 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65291802, Wikipedia: Hankyu 1000 series (1954) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.