Osaka Monorail 2000 series

what is it?

The 2000 series (2000系) is a type of monorail train which has operated on the Osaka Monorail since 2001. The trains are 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 1.6 MWpower output
• seats 410passengers
• built 32made 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 25 years ago, in 2001.
• 🚗1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🧍Seats 410: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 25 years.

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

spec sheet

built

2001

in service from

2001

status

in service

number built

32

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing

operators

Osaka Monorail

top speed

75 km/h

power

1.6 MW

formation

4 cars per trainset

capacity

410 passengers

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