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Nishitetsu 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2006· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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what is it?
The Nishitetsu 3000 series (西鉄3000形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) in Japan since 2006.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 20 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2006
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Nishi-Nippon Railroad
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2/3/5 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11629813, Wikipedia: Nishitetsu 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.