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Hakone Tozan 3100 series

🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2017· Japanese electric multiple unit train type operated since 2017

Hakone Tozan 3100 series, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Nagara373~jawiki This photo was taken with Pentax K-30· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Hakone Tozan 3100 series (箱根登山鉄道3100形) is a two-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 May 2017.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 55 km/htop speed
  • power 55 kWpower output
  • seats 80passengers
  • 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 9 years ago, in 2017.
  • 14.6 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
2017
in service from
2017
number built
4
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇯🇵 Japan
builders
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
operators
Odakyu Hakone
top speed
55 km/h
power
55 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
750/1,500 V DC overhead line
formation
2 cars per set
length
14.6 m
capacity
80 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q29980387, Wikipedia: Hakone Tozan 3100 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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