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- 1. Fukuokasubway3000: Muyo at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Fukuoka city subway emu3000: 武1102· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Fukuoka City Subway 3000A Series at Hashimoto Depot: SuFlyer· CC0
- 4. Fukuoka Subway 3000系 Front: Komanaki· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Fukuoka Subway 3000 series and 3000A series (福岡市交通局3000系・3000A系) are electric multiple unit train types operated by Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau on the Nanakuma Line in Fukuoka, Japan.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 378: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- number built
- —
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- designer
- Alexander Neumeister
- operators
- Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 105 t
- capacity
- 378 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5365905, Wikipedia: Fukuoka Subway 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.