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Nagoya Municipal Subway 5000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Hitachi· from 1980· Japanese train type operated in Nagoya from 1980 to 2015, and subsequently in Buenos Aires

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Nagoya subway 5000 Fujigaoka 20080405: ja:user:あみでん· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Nagoya-5000-1: Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Nagoya 5000 Buenos Aires 1: Buenos Aires Ciudad· CC BY 2.5 ar
4. Nagoya 5000 en Osaka Sharyo Kogyo (GCBA): Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires· CC BY 2.5 ar
5. Nagoya-Municipal-Subway-5000-and-5050: LERK· CC BY 3.0
6. Placa Nippon Sharyo Nagoya 5000 linea C: Juandedeboca· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Buenos Aires Subte linea C tren (26742839669): airbus777 from Washington, DC, USA· CC BY 2.0
8. Coche nagoya con aire en la linea c: Buenos Aires Ciudad· CC BY 2.5 ar
9. Estación San Juan (5): Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. J30 486 Hp Diagonal Norte, ET 5112: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0

Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

what is it?

The Nagoya Municipal Subway 5000 series (名古屋市交通局5000形) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau on the Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line in Japan from July 1980 until August 2015. Following their withdrawal in Japan, five sets were shipped to Argentina in 2015 for use on Line C of the Buenos Aires Underground.

who runs it

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya Metrovías

base stats

speed 65 km/htop speed
seats 680passengers
built 138made 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 680: 14 full city buses (~50 seats each).
Still in service after 46 years.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built: 1980
in service from: 1980
status: in service
number built: 138
kind: metro
traction: electric
origin: 🇯🇵 Japan
builders: Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo
operators: Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya, Metrovías
top speed: 65 km/h
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 600 V DC third rail, overhead catenary (Buenos Aires)
formation: 6 cars per trainset
length: 15.6 m
capacity: 680 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6958973, Wikipedia: Nagoya Municipal Subway 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.