10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Series60000-61606F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu 60000 information LCD-2: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 3. Tobu 60000 information LCD: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 4. Tobu 60000 series 61608F 20190928: キュア・ペディア· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Tobu 60000 series 66615 & 66617 at Kashiwa Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tobu 60000 series 66617 at Kashiwa Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. TOBURAILWAY SERIES60000 61601F（Tc61601） NODALINE TESTRUN: Ohtsuka Makoto This photo was taken with Nikon D90· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. TOBURAILWAY SERIES60000 61601F（Tc61601） NODALINE: Ohtsuka Makoto· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. TOBURAILWAY SERIES60000 61601F（Tc66601） NIKKOLINE TESTRUN: Ohtsuka Makoto· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. TOBURAILWAY SERIES60000 61601F（Tc66601） NODALINE 01: Ohtsuka Makoto· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tobu 60000 series (東武60000系, Tōbu 60000-kei) is a Japanese DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway on Tobu Urban Park Line services since June 2013.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- 2 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 850: 17 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2013
- in service from
- 2013
- status
- in service
- number built
- 108
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead line)
- formation
- 5/6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.1 m
- capacity
- 850 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7309346, Wikipedia: Tobu 60000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.