#4906· Nishitetsu 6000
Nishitetsu 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1993· type of electric multiple units operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nishitetsu Series6000-6002: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nishitetsu6000-6050: Night shadow· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nishitetsu 6000 series (西鉄6000形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nishitetsu in Japan since 1993. Cars delivered with VVVF inverters in 1995 are designated as 6050 series.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 310: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 33 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 33
- 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
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 3 or 4 cars
- length
- 19.5 m
- capacity
- 310 passengers
- Dutch name
- Nishitetsu 6000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11629828, Wikipedia: Nishitetsu 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.