10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TokyoMetro-16000-01: Rs1421· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Tokyo-Metro Series16000-16001: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tokyo metro 16000: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tokyo Metro 16000 leaving Noborito 2: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 5. Tokyo metro 16000 leaving Noborito: Hahifuheho· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tokyo Metro 16000 series 16107 Yoyogi-uehara 20110704: Resident of higashi-fuchu at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Tokyo Metro 16000 16117 20151013: 星空の川に (Hoshizora no kawa ni)· CC BY 2.5
- 8. JR-E531-K422 Metro16000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Series Tokyo Metro 16000-16117: 多摩川是政· CC0
- 10. Tokyo metro 16000 information LCD: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
what is it?
The Tokyo Metro 16000 series (東京メトロ16000系, Tōkyō Metoro 16000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in Tokyo, Japan, since November 2010.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 3.3 MW is about 39 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- status
- in service
- number built
- 370
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Tokyo Metro
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 3.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 36.5 t
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1047440, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 16000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.