#4952· Nankai type 50000
Nankai 50000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1994· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nankai50000Series01: Kansai explorer ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Nankai50000Series Rapit04s4s3104: 663highland· CC BY 2.5
- 3. Nankai 50000 series 201405040809 Neo Xeon: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Nankai 50000 series 20141011 Peach Aviation: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Nankai 50000 series 201603210950 star wars: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 50000 Series EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Nankai 50000 50502F Malaysia Wrapping: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Nankai 50000 50504F MOB Wrapping at Shin-imamiya Sta: にぶさま· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Nankai 50000 Rapit in Haginochaya Station DSCN3264 20120831: Ogiyoshisan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Nankai 50000 Rapit in Imamiyaebisu Station DSCN3249 20120831: Ogiyoshisan· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nankai 50000 series (南海50000系) is a limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. These 6-car trains were introduced in 1994 on the new Rapi:t limited express service on the Nankai Airport Line serving Kansai International Airport, which opened on 4 September 1994.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 2.2 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 37 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 126 m long: about 28 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 252: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 32 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation
- designer
- Hiroyuki Wakabayashi
- operators
- Nankai Electric Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead lines
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 126 m
- weight
- 219 t
- capacity
- 252 passengers
- Dutch name
- Nankai type 50000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6963722, Wikipedia: Nankai 50000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.