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Tokyu 6000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 2008· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated since 2008

🚆 multiple unit electric

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Tokyu 6103 (7cars) Express 20180319: かなきゅー· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Tokyu6000(2): Yaguchi· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. Tokyu 6000 Zushi 20071225: DAJF· CC BY-SA 3.0
4. Tokyu New 6000 series EMU 021: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. Tokyu New 6000 series EMU 022: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. Tokyu New 6000 series EMU 023: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. Tokyu 6000 (II) series EMU 031: 天然ガス· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Tokyu 6000 at Futakotamagawa Station: Kirin7739· CC BY 4.0
9. Tokyu 6000 series Futako-Shinchi Station 2017-05-07 (35398234221): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
10. Tokyu New 6000 series EMU 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0

Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

what is it?

The Tokyu 6000 series (東急6000系, Tōkyū 6000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on express services on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Japan since 28 March 2008. Based on the 5000 series design, cars have four sets of doors per side with a more aerodynamic front end design than its predecessors.

who runs it

Tokyu Tokyu Railways

base stats

speed 120 km/htop speed
power 190 kWpower output
built 44made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
20.4 m long: about 5 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: 2008
in service from: 2008
number built: 44
kind: multiple unit
traction: electric
origin: 🇯🇵 Japan
builders: Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators: Tokyu, Tokyu Railways
top speed: 120 km/h
power: 190 kW
gauge: 1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system: (overhead line)
formation: 7 cars per trainset
length: 20.4 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6136105, Wikipedia: Tokyu 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.