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Toei 5500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2018· electric multiple unit train type operated by Toei in Tokyo from 2018
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Toei-Type5522-1: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Toei 5500 LED direction indicator: Hahifuheho· CC0
- 3. Toei 5500 Series 5504F 20191109: MEIGEO8606· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Toei 5500 Series 5501F 20180901: Akinosato2000GT This photo was taken with Nikon D5100· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Toei 5500 series Keisei Main Line 20190308: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Toei 5501 Magome Depot 20170930: DAJF This photo was taken with Sony SLT-A77· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Toei 5501 Magome Depot Toei Festa 20171209 (cropped): Cfktj1596 This photo was taken with Nikon D750· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Toei subway Magome depot Asakusa Line Rolling stock 20171209: Cfktj1596 This photo was taken with Nikon D750· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Toei-subway-5501F-20171209-130742: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Asakusa-Line Series5500-5503: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II· CC0
what is it?
The Toei 5500 series (都営5500形, Toei 5500-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type owned by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) for use on Toei Asakusa Line services in Japan from June 2018.
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 8 years ago, in 2018.
- 3.7 MW is about 44 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2018
- in service from
- 2018
- status
- in service
- number built
- 216
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 3.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q27972144, Wikipedia: Toei 5500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.