7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hankyu 2315F: Sakamoto hiei ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hankyu-Electric-Railway-2300series-EMU: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Hankyu 2300 laurel: Tamanon· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Hankyu 2300 2372: Jr223· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Hankyu 2300 at Arashiyama Station: Hideyuki KAMON· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Hankyu 2300 train preserved in private residence 2009: Satoshi KAYA from Japan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Hankyu2300Series2301F: Toshiki Miyake· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hankyu 2300 series (阪急電鉄2300系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway from 1960 until March 2015.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 55 years (1960–2015).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 78
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- ALNA Koki
- operators
- Hankyu Corporation
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 150 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600/1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 7 (formerly 2/3/4/5/6) cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11656702, Wikipedia: Hankyu 2300 series (1960) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.