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Hanshin 5550 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Hanshin Electric Railway· from 2010· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hanshin-Series5550-5551: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Hanshin-5550: Jr223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. HS 5550 series: Onagadori· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Hanshin 5550 series (阪神電鉄5550系, Hanshin Dentetsu 5550-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan since 2010.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- operators
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 170 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15427370, Wikipedia: Hanshin 5550 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.