5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series23 igbt renew: Series207· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Shin20: Yoshi17· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Osaka Subway Series New 20 002 JPN: Ignis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Osaka Subway Series New 20 JPN: Ignis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Osaka new20vvvf: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Osaka Municipal Subway New 20 series (大阪市交通局新20系) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Osaka Municipal Subway in Japan since 1990.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 560 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 187 m long: about 42 cars parked nose to tail.
- 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
- 572
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Hitachi, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau, Osaka Metro
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 560 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset (21 series), 6 cars per trainset (22/23/24/OTS series), 4 cars per trainset (25 series)
- length
- 187 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11440224, Wikipedia: Osaka Municipal Subway New 20 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.