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Tokyu 7700 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japan Transport Engineering Company· from 1987· electric multiple unit train type operated by Tokyu Corporation in Japan

Tokyu 7700 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Yaguchi This photo was taken with Pentax K10D· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Tokyu 7700 series (東急7700系, Tōkyū 7700-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation on the Tokyu Ikegami and Tokyu Tamagawa lines in Japan from 1987 to 2018.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 85 km/htop speed
  • built 56made 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 39 years ago, in 1987.
  • 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 13 years (1987–2000).

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

spec sheet

built
1987
in service from
1987
retired
2000
status
retired
number built
56
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Japan Transport Engineering Company
operators
Tokyu
top speed
85 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
electric system
1,500 V DC Overhead wire
formation
3 cars per trainset
length
18 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11526948, Wikipedia: Tokyu 7700 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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