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Tokyo Metro 17000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Hitachi· from 2021· electric multiple unit train type

🚇 metro electric ✓ in service
Tokyo Metro 17000 series, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Tokyo Metro 17000 series (東京メトロ17000系, Tōkyō Metoro 17000-kei) is a Japanese DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by Tokyo Metro on the Yūrakuchō Line and Fukutoshin Line to replace the ageing Tokyo Metro 7000 series. It entered service on 21 February 2021.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • built 180made 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 5 years ago, in 2021.
  • 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built
2021
in service from
2021
status
in service
number built
180
kind
metro
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo
operators
Tokyo Metro
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
overhead lines
formation
8/10 cars per trainset
length
20 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q95552051, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 17000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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