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Sotetsu 12000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2019· Japanese train type

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Sotetsu 12001F: さとみんくる· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. Sagami-Railway-Series12000: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 05: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 06: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 07: 長門早苗 This photo was taken with Nikon D7500· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. JR East Kawagoe depot E233-7000 series and Sagami Railway 12000 series: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 01: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 02: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 03: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Sagami Railway 12000 series (Car equipment) 04: Kaze315· CC BY-SA 4.0
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what is it?

The Sotetsu 12000 series (相鉄12000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) in Japan. A total of six ten-car sets were built by Japan Transport Engineering Company (J-TREC) for use on Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line services.

who runs it

Sagami Railway

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 140 kWpower output
  • seats 1,552passengers
  • built 60made in total

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 7 years ago, in 2019.
  • Seats 1,552: 31 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
2019
in service from
2019
status
in service
number built
60
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
Sagami Railway
top speed
120 km/h
power
140 kW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC overhead lines
formation
10 cars per trainset
capacity
1,552 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q61784005, Wikipedia: Sotetsu 12000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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