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- 1. 2020-03-16 Tokyo Monorail 2000 series at Tamachi, Tokyo, Japan: Foulger Railway Photography· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Tokyo Monorail 2000 series (東京モノレール2000形, Tōkyō Monorēru 2000-gata) is a monorail electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo Monorail on the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line in Japan since 1997.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 600: 12 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- number built
- 24
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Tokyo Monorail
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- electric system
- 750 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 16.4 m
- capacity
- 600 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11524443, Wikipedia: Tokyo Monorail 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.