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Chichibu Railway 7500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2010· class of 7 Japanese 3-car electric multiple units
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu Series7500-7706: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Chichibu-Series7504: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Chichibu Railway 7500 Nagatoro Station 2017-11-05 (40061480251): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 7500 series (秩父鉄道7500系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for Chichibu Main Line local services on the Chichibu Main Line operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway in Japan since March 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.
- 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
- 2010
- in service from
- 2010
- number built
- 21
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Chichibu Railway
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4712640, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 7500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.