skip to content

#5575· Toden 8800 tramtype

Toei 8800 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Alna Sharyo· from 2009· tramcar type operated in Tokyo

Toei 8800 series, photo 1 of 3
1/3 Kunio Horikiri (堀切邦生)· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Toei 8800 series (東京都交通局8800形) is a tramcar type operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toden Arakawa Line in Tokyo, Japan, since April 2009.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 40 km/htop speed
  • built 10made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
  • 13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
2009
in service from
2009
number built
10
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Alna Sharyo
operators
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
top speed
40 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,372 mm Scotch gauge
electric system
600 V DC Overhead wire
formation
Single car
length
13 m
Dutch name
Toden 8800 tramtype

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11525232, Wikipedia: Toei 8800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

stan runge e24ee7f source