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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sagami Railway 7000: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Sagami Railway 7000 series and 10000 series at Minami-Makigahara Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Sagami Railway 7000 series at Futamatagawa Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Sagami Railway 7000 series Ventilator MG 4646 (2): SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Sotetsu 7000 mirror: Ariga· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. SOTETSU 7000 SERIES 7755 20180630: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Sotetsu 7000 switches: Ariga· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Sotetsu 7000-tsurugamine: Odakyuugo· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Sotetsu 7000: にゆうてい Niyute· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 10. Sotetsu7000new-2008: Yuichiro AIZAWA· Public domain
what is it?
The Sotetsu 7000 series (相鉄7000系) and Sotetsu New 7000 series (相鉄新7000系) were DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train types operated by Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. They were designed to operate as eight-car or ten-car sets.
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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1975–2020).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1975
- in service from
- 1975
- retired
- 2020
- status
- retired
- number built
- 140
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Sagami Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2, 8 or 10 cars per set
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7667646, Wikipedia: Sotetsu 7000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.