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Nankai 12000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2011· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nankai 12102 at Shin-Imamiya Station: KishujiRapid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nankai Series12000-12102: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. Nankai 12000 9000: 日根野 (Hineno)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Semboku 12000 Series 12021F 20180820: NAKAI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 12000 Series EMU Nankai Electric Railway: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 12000 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Nankai 12000 12001F 12001 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Nankai 12000 12001F 12101 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Nankai 12000 12001F 12801 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Nankai 12000 12001F 12851 Side View: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Nankai 12000 series (南海12000系, Nankai 12000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway in Japan on Southern Premium limited express services since September 2011. Two 4-car trainsets were delivered, replacing the older 10000 series sets. The Semboku 12000 series (泉北12000系, Senboku 12000-kei) is a very similar train type, introduced by the private railway operator Semboku Rapid Railway, a former Nankai subsidiary, for use on Semboku Liner limited express services in Osaka Prefecture.
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 242: 5 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
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Semboku Rapid Railway, Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead wire)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.8 m
- capacity
- 242 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6963721, Wikipedia: Nankai 12000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.