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Tobu 200 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1991· electric multiple unit train type operated by Tobu Railway in Japan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Series200 Ryomo: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu 200 Kanegafuchi Station 2016-10-07 1: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Tobu 200 Kanegafuchi Station 2016-10-07 3: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Tobu 200 Kanegafuchi Station 2016-10-07: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Tobu 200 Series (ryomo): 京浜川崎 (Keihin Kawasaki)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tobu 200 series 206F MLB Series livery 2025-03-19: ja:User:江戸前鰻· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Tobu 200 series at Kasukabe Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Tobu 200 series EMU 005: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tobu 200 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tobu 200 series MLB Tokyo Series 2025 wrapping train (2): 利用者:江戸前鰻· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tobu 200 series and 250 series (東武200系・250系, Tōbu 200/250-kei) are electric multiple unit (EMU) train types operated in Japan on limited express services by the private railway operator Tobu Railway since 1991. The trains are used on Ryōmō services from Asakusa in Tokyo to Akagi and Kuzū.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 35 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Alna Sharyo, Tokyu Car Corporation
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5363489, Wikipedia: Tobu 200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.