10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hankyu5100Series3: Aoraki· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 阪急5100系5100F 岡町: Juliet・Nanami· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Hankyu5100Series2: Toshiki Miyake· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Hankyu 5100 5134 Minoh: モロシ (Moroshi)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Hankyu 5100 hanshin amagasaki: Jr223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Hankyu 5100 Series 50th: Juliet・Nanami· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Hankyu 5100 series Takarazuka Line 2010-04-18: rok1966· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Hankyu 5100 series Takarazuka Line express at Hibarigaoka Hanayashiki Station: rok1966· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Hankyu 5100 series Takarazuka Line local 2010-05-22: rok1966· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Nose-Electric-Railway Series5100-5109: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
what is it?
The Hankyu 5100 series (阪急電鉄5100系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Hankyu since 1971.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 55 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- status
- in service
- number built
- 90
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- ALNA Koki
- operators
- Nose Electric Railway, Hankyu Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 2/4/6/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
- Dutch name
- Hankyu 5100
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11656715, Wikipedia: Hankyu 5100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.