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Hakone Tozan 3000 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2014· Japanese electric multiple unit train type

Hakone Tozan 3000 series, photo 1 of 7
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what is it?

The Hakone Tozan 3000 series (箱根登山鉄道3000形) is a single-car electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Japanese private railway operator Hakone Tozan Railway on its steeply graded Hakone Tozan Line since 1 November 2014.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 55 km/htop speed
  • power 50 kWpower output
  • weight 35.6 tin working order
  • seats 36passengers
  • built 4made 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 12 years ago, in 2014.
  • Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14.7 m long: about 3 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
2014
in service from
2014
number built
4
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
designer
Noriaki Okabe
operators
Odakyu Hakone
top speed
55 km/h
power
50 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
750/1,500 V DC overhead line
formation
Single car
length
14.7 m
weight
35.6 t
capacity
36 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q16939055, Wikipedia: Hakone Tozan 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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