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Tobu 20000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1988· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan by Tobu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Series20000-21803: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu 21805 Isesaki Line 20080427: Yaguchi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Alna-tobu20000: 小父· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Tobu 20000 at Kita-Senju Station 2016-10-07 1: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Tobu 20000 at takenotsuka: Kst01 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tobu 20000 series EMU 011: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Tobu 20000 series EMU 012: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Tobu 20000 series EMU 013: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tobu 20000 series EMU 017: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tobu20000 in himemiya: 韋駄天狗· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tobu 20000 series (東武20000系, Tōbu 20000-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1988. The 20000 series fleet is scheduled to be replaced by new Tobu 70000 series EMUs with 20 m cars.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1988–2017).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2017
- status
- retired
- number built
- 192
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Tokyu Car Corporation, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- formation
- 4/8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11527451, Wikipedia: Tobu 20000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.