10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TX-2000 Series 2170F 20191219: こけぴ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TX Series2000-2654: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Door of TX-2000: 延岡· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Metropolitan Intercity Railway TX-2000: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 5. Tsukuba-express TX-2000LED: 延岡· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tsukuba-Express-TX-2000-2168: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Tsukuba-Express-TX-2000: LERK· CC BY 2.5
- 8. TX-2000 kantsu tobira: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 9. TX-2000 series EMU: 延岡· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. TX-2000-2657: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The TX-2000 series (TX-2000系) is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company on the Tsukuba Express line in the Kanto region of Japan since 2005.
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.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 318: 6 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
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- number built
- 138
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- / (overhead wire)
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.8 m
- capacity
- 318 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7672575, Wikipedia: TX-2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.