Toei 12-000 series

what is it?

The Toei 12-000 series (都営12-000形, Toei 12-000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo, Japan. Following testing of a two-car prototype in the late 1980s, the 12-000 series was introduced into service in December 1991. A total of 53 eight-car 12-000 series sets were built between 1990 and 2000 by Nippon Sharyo and Hitachi.

who runs it

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

base stats

• speed 70 km/htop speed
• power 1.9 MWpower output
• weight 25 tin working order
• seats 336passengers
• built 424made 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 35 years ago, in 1991.
• 🚗1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏133 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 336: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓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

424

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Japan Transport Engineering Company, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi

operators

Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation

top speed

70 km/h

power

1.9 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

(overhead catenary)

formation

8 cars per trainset

length

133 m

weight

25 t

capacity

336 passengers

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