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Chichibu Railway 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1986· class of 12 Japanese electric multiple units
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chichibu Railway 1002 20080126: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 2. Chichibu Railway 1000 Skyblue: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 3. Chichibu Railway 1000 yellow: Sui-setz· Public domain
- 4. Chichibu railway 1000kei: toshinori baba· Public domain
- 5. Chichibu Railway 1000 series set 1003 Ohanabatake 20131116: Richard, enjoy my life!· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Chichibu Railway 1000 series 1009 Oyahana Station 20080622: ゆりのき橋 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Chichibu 1000 series set 1012 Yorii Station 20030826: DAJF· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Chichibu Railway 1000 series 1012 20101127: ウツダー (Udda)· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The Chichibu Railway 1000 series (秩父鉄道1000系) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type for local services operated by Chichibu Railway in Japan from 1986 until March 2014.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1986–2014).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- retired
- 2014
- status
- retired
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company, Japanese National Railways
- operators
- Chichibu Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5096036, Wikipedia: Chichibu Railway 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.