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what is it?
The Choshi Electric Railway 1000 series (銚子電鉄1000形, Chōshi Dentetsu 1000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, from 1994 until 2016. The type originally consisted of two single cars, DeHa 1001 and DeHa 1002, converted from former TRTA (now Tokyo Metro) subway 2000 series EMU cars, originally built in 1959 and 1960, and introduced from 29 August 1994 to replace the ageing 100 and 500 series EMU cars. Car 1002 was withdrawn in February 2015, and car 1001 was withdrawn in February 2016.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 300 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1994–2016).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Teikoku Sharyo
- operators
- Chōshi Electric Railway Line, Choshi Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 300 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 30.5 t
- capacity
- 34 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12054896, Wikipedia: Choshi Electric Railway 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.