Osaka Monorail 1000 series

what is it?

The 1000 series (1000系) is a type of monorail train operated on the Osaka Monorail since 1989. The trains were built by Hitachi, Ltd. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, have aluminium bodies, and operate as four-car formations.

who runs it

Osaka Monorail

base stats

• speed 75 km/htop speed
• power 1.3 MWpower output
• built 52made 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 36 years ago, in 1990.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🧓Still in service after 36 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1990

in service from

1990

status

in service

number built

52

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing

operators

Osaka Monorail

top speed

75 km/h

power

1.3 MW

formation

4 cars per trainset

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