9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series 50000 of Tobu Railway: Lover of Romance· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Tobu 50000 Kitasakado 20050114: DAJF This photo was taken with Sony DSC-F707· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Tobu50000 51001f: TC411-507 ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Tobu 50000 Series 51008F: Symphony blste· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Tobu-50000-Car3: Cassiopeia sweet· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tobu50000 information LED: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 7. Tobu50000-EXP: The RW place· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tobu50000-tsuruse: 東京メトロ中心の鉄道ファンの1人· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Tobu50000: Tobu TJ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tobu 50000 series (東武50000系, Tōbu 50000-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since March 2005, manufactured by Hitachi to its "A-train" concept. The trains represent the first use of aluminium body cars on Tobu commuter trains. They are also the first Tobu trains to feature bilingual (Japanese and English) automated passenger announcements.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 20 m long: about 4 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
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- number built
- 400
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- Overhead lines
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7811749, Wikipedia: Tobu 50000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.