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Nishitetsu 9000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2017· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nishitetsu Series9000-9007: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nishitetsu Series9000-9112: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 3. Nishitetsu 9000形: Komanaki· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Nishitetsu 9000 series (西鉄9000形) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) in Japan on the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line since 20 March 2017. Ten sets of five three-car and five two-car formations are in service as of 2021.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 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
- 25
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Nishi-Nippon Railroad
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2/3 cars per trainset
- length
- 19.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088503, Wikipedia: Nishitetsu 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.