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Nankai 2300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2005· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nankai 2353F: The original uploader was Sakamoto hiei at Japanese Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Nankai 2300 series (15194306672): nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Nankai 2300 series side windows: ひふみんぬ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Nankai 2300+JRW 117 at Hashimoto Station 2018-07-21: nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Nankai 2300 series (南海2300系) is a two-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway in Japan since 2005.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 800 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.7 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
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 800 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 17.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11408125, Wikipedia: Nankai 2300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.