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Tobu 9000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1981· electric multiple unit of Tobu Railway
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tobu-Tojo-Line-Series9101F: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tobu-Series9000R 9106: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tobu 9000 series 9101 20120319: こんこん (Konkon)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 4. Tokyu touyoko line tobu 9000 kei: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Tobu 9000 fukutoshin: Sho233531· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tobu 9000 series 9105 20120824: こんこん (Konkon)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 7. Tobu9000 9105f: ja:User:TC411-507 aka JobanLineE531· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Tobu9000-motomachi-chukagai: Mi-ta'smetro· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tobu 9000 series 9108 20120319: こんこん (Konkon)· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 10. Tobu 9000 series 9108 Narimasu Station 20131017: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tobu 9000 series (東武9000系, Tōbu 9000-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since 1981.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 100
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company, Subaru Corporation, Tokyu Car Corporation, Alna Sharyo
- operators
- Tobu Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 150 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7811752, Wikipedia: Tobu 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.