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Sotetsu 20000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Hitachi· from 2018· Japanese electric multiple unit train type entering service in February 2018

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Sagami railway 20000 series: Toshinori baba This photo was taken with Nikon D3100· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Sagami-Railway-Series20000-20102F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 01da: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 01na: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 04: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Sotetsu 20000 delivery 20170731: khws4v1 This photo was taken with Olympus E-M1· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 2017-07-31 Sagami Railway 20000 series: khws4v1 This photo was taken with Olympus E-M1· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 02: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 02c: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Sagami Railway 20000 series (Car equipment) 03: Thirteen-fri· CC BY-SA 4.0
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1/10 Toshinori baba This photo was taken with Nikon D3100· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Sotetsu 20000 series (相鉄20000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway ("Sotetsu") in Japan in the Tokyo area since February 2018. Ultimately intended to be used on through-running services between Sotetsu and Tokyu Corporation lines commencing in late fiscal 2022, the first train entered revenue service on 11 February 2018, replacing a 7000 series set. Eight-car sets designated as 21000 series were announced in April 2021, the first of which entered service in September 2021.

who runs it

Sagami Railway

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 142made 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 8 years ago, in 2018.
  • 20.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
2018
in service from
2018
status
in service
number built
142
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
operators
Sagami Railway
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
(overhead catenary)
formation
10 cars per 20000 series trainset, 8 cars per 21000 series trainset
length
20.5 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q30132856, Wikipedia: Sotetsu 20000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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