#4595
Nankai 10000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1985· Japanese train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NANKAI SERIES10000: Takesi0705· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nankai-Series10000 7100: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EF6092+Nankai10000+Nankai9000 HanwaFreightLine 19861021: Olegushka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Nankai 10000series 10008F: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Nankai Electric Railway 10000 series 10009 at Haginochaya: Ozora Matsui· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Nankai-10000 southern old color 201507040954: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Nankai-10000 southern old color: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Nankai-10000 tqg rapping: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Nankai-10000 yokairappimg: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Nankai-10000-Southern01: Kansai explorer ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nankai 10000 series (南海10000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway in Japan on Southern Premium limited express services between Namba and Wakayamashi since 1985.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Still in service after 41 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 28
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11408110, Wikipedia: Nankai 10000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.