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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TX Series3000-3685: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TX-3000 series delivery 20191214: Youtube user 交通大臣 鉄道チャンネル· CC BY 3.0
- 3. TX-3000 series set 3684 delivery 20200125: 交通大臣 鉄道チャンネル· CC BY 3.0
- 4. TX-3000系の優先席: 湯たんぽさん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. TX-3000系の試運転: 湯たんぽさん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. つくばエクスプレス Tsukuba Express TX-3000 流山おおたかの森駅 (20240526) (55076188093) - cropped: Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. つくばエクスプレス Tsukuba Express TX-3000 流山おおたかの森駅 (20240526) (55076188093): Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The TX-3000 series (TX-3000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.
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2020
- in service from
- 2020
- status
- in service
- number built
- 30
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- / (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q83955602, Wikipedia: TX-3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.