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Sotetsu 9000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1993· Japanese train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sagami Railway 9000: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Sagami-Railway-9000-9701F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sagami Railway 9000 series CP HS20-2 M9207 20220506- MG 0390: SEMISAYAMASHI· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Sotetsu 9000 new: にゆうてい (Niyute)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 5. Sotetsu 9000 Series 9701×10 Local: 東名海老名· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Sotetsu 9000-tsurugamine: Odakyuugo· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Sotetsu 9000: にゆうてい (Niyute)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 8. Sotetsu Series 8000 8701F and Sotetsu 9000 9701F: Wikimizuki This photo was taken with iPhone SE (1st generation)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Sotetsu9000-guide-2: Aqwsdebox· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Sotetsu9000-guide: Aqwsdebox· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Sotetsu 9000 series (相鉄9000系) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) type operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu) on commuter services in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, since 1993.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 70
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Sagami Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 10 cars per set
- length
- 20.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7667650, Wikipedia: Sotetsu 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.