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Kobe New Transit 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1981· Japanese train type
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Portliner 8000 01: Peee at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kobe New Transit 8000 series (神戸新交通8000型) was an automated guideway transit (AGT) vehicle used for passenger service on the Port Island Line (Port Liner) of the Kobe New Transit. Entering service in February 1981, the last 8000 series train was withdrawn in November 2009 being replaced by 2000 series trains.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Served for 28 years (1981–2009).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- retired
- 2009
- status
- retired
- number built
- 72
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Kobe New Transit
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- 600 V 60 Hz 3-phase AC Third rail
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6424324, Wikipedia: Kobe New Transit 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.