#4798
Osaka Municipal Subway 70 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1990· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
.jpg)
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Osaka subway New70: Z-panta· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Osaka Metro 70 series 7113F: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Osaka Metro 70 series 7115F: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Osaka Metro 70 series LED information board 2019-11-18 (50100966522): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Osaka Municipal Subway 70 series: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Osaka Subway 70 Series 7115F: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Osaka Subway 70 series: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Osaka subway 70 “Linear motorcar 7000”: トレインファン· CC0
- 9. Osaka subway N line 70 series: CCP2017· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Osaka-municipal-subway-70: LERK· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Osaka Municipal Subway 70 series (大阪市交通局70系) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Osaka Municipal Subway on the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line in Japan. The 70 series was among the earliest trains in Japan to use linear motors, and is capable of driverless operation.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 800 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 62.8 m long: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 380: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 36 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990
- in service from
- 1990
- status
- in service
- number built
- 100
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau, Osaka Metro
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 800 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 62.8 m
- weight
- 102 t
- capacity
- 380 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5366712, Wikipedia: Osaka Municipal Subway 70 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.