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Chichibu Railway 7800 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· class of 4 Japanese 2-car electric multiple units
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu-Series7800-7904: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 7800 series (秩父鉄道7800系) is a 2-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Japanese private railway operator Chichibu Railway on Chichibu Main Line local services since 16 March 2013.
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
- 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
- —
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- 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
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5096045, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 7800 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.