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Osaka Municipal Subway 30000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2009· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Osaka Subway 32601F 20090918: ja:user:Series207· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Osaka Subway 30000 series001: Kansai explorer This photo was taken with Olympus C-8080WZ· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Osaka Municipal Subway/Osaka Metro 30000 series (大阪市交通局・大阪メトロ30000系) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Osaka Municipal Subway (now Osaka Metro) in Japan since 2009.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- 560 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 113 m long: about 25 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2009
- in service from
- 2009
- status
- in service
- number built
- 358
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau, Osaka Metro
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 560 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC
- formation
- 6/10 cars per trainset
- length
- 113 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6129461, Wikipedia: Osaka Municipal Subway 30000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.