10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HK 8200 series 8201F Limit Express: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hankyu Series8200-8200: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. Hankyu8200RIMG0287: Harcmac60· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hankyu 8200 Series 8201F: HNKYU· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Hankyu 8200 Local Nishinomiya-Takarazuka: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Hankyu8200imazusen: 小倉商事· CC0
- 7. HK 8200 series Limited.Exp For Sannomiya: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. HK-8200series 2009: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. HK-8200series-8200F-Imazu: オナガドリ· CC0
- 10. HK-8200series-8200F: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hankyu 8200 series (阪急電鉄8200系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway since 1995.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 600 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 38 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 31 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- ALNA Koki
- operators
- Hankyu Corporation
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 600 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(1A)+2′2′
- formation
- 2-car sets
- length
- 38 m
- weight
- 66.6 t
- Dutch name
- Hankyu 8200
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11656730, Wikipedia: Hankyu 8200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.