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Kita-Osaka Kyuko 8000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by ALNA Koki· from 1986· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Kitaosaka-kyuko-railway 8000 renewalcar: Series207· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Kitakyū 8000 series EMU 021: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. 8000 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Kitakyu 8000 series 8006F at Momoyamadai: さりと· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Kitakyu 8000 series at Momoyamadai Station 2019-11-17 (49925583828): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Kitakyu 8000 series at Momoyamadai Station 2019-11-17 (49926103521): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Kitakyu 8000 series at Momoyamadai Station 2019-11-17 (49926400592): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Kitakyu 8000 series at Osaka Subway Namba Station 2016-10-16: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
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what is it?

The Kita-Osaka Kyuko 8000 series (北大阪急行電鉄8000形), branded as Polestar, is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway on the Kitakyū Namboku Line in north Osaka since 1986, with through service to the Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line.

who runs it

Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway

base stats

  • speed 70 km/htop speed
  • seats 1,280passengers
  • built 70made in total

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 40 years ago, in 1986.
  • Seats 1,280: 26 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 40 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1986
in service from
1986
status
in service
number built
70
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
ALNA Koki
operators
Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway
top speed
70 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
750 V DC
formation
10 (previously 9, orig., Originally 8) cars per trainset
capacity
1,280 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6417780, Wikipedia: Kita-Osaka Kyuko 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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