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Tokyu 5200 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1958· Electric multiple unit train type of Tokyu in Japan

Tokyu 5200 series, photo 1 of 4
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what is it?

The Tokyu 5200 series (東急5200系, Tōkyū 5200-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation in Japan from 1958, and later by Ueda Kotsu until 1993.

who runs it

fun facts

  • First built 68 years ago, in 1958.
  • 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 35 years (1958–1993).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1958
in service from
1958
retired
1993
status
retired
number built
—
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
Tokyu, Bessho Line
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC overhead lines
length
17.5 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11526944, Wikipedia: Tokyu 5200 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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