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Tokyu 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2002· Japanese train type operated since 2002
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 東急5000系: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Tokyu-Series5000-5106: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Tokyu-5000-6door: Yaguchi· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 4. Tokyu5000-LCD10: The RW place· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Tokyu5000series 5122f: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 5000 Series EMU - 53912087449: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Tokyu 5000 information LCD: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 8. Tokyu 5000 security camera: 特急スカイツリートレイン· CC0
- 9. Tokyu 5000 Series 5101F 20210811: Ryochancomne· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Tokyu 5000 Series 5113F DT Line 20180203: ぬべすこん· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tokyu 5000 series (東急5000系, Tōkyū 5000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation since 2002 on many of its commuter lines in the Tokyo area of Japan.
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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- 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
- 2002
- in service from
- 2002
- number built
- —
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Tokyu, Tokyu Railways
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC Overhead wire
- formation
- 8/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7814059, Wikipedia: Tokyu 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.