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Nishitetsu 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1989· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nishi-Nippon Railroad - Series 8000 - 01: JKT-c· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Nishitetsu8000tabito: NM8600· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Nishitetsu 8000 Chikushi vehicle base 20171015: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Nishitetsu 8000 201607 01: 筑紫太郎· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Nishitetsu 8000 201607 02: 筑紫太郎· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Nishitetsu 8000 201607: 筑紫太郎· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Nishitetsu 8000 Suito: 筑紫太郎· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Nishitetsu 8000: Tatsu127· GFDL
- 9. Nishitetsu8000 Wrapping Junshin ver: Hamadi33· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Nishitetsu 8000 series (西鉄8000形) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type that was operated by the private railway operator Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) in Japan on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line from 1989 to 2017.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1989–2017).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- retired
- 2017
- status
- retired
- number built
- 36
- 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
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11629835, Wikipedia: Nishitetsu 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.