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Sanyo 3000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1964· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sanyo-Series3000-3008: MaedaAkihiko· CC0
- 2. Sanyo 3050 series: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sanyo 3000 at Nishi-shimmachi station: KishujiRapid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hankyu2251+Hanshin3500or7600+Sanyo3000 KosokuKobe 19811123: Olegushka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Sanyo 3000 series 3006 at Sanyo-Temma Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Sanyo 3000 series 3010 at Shikama Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Sanyo 3000 series 3601 2006-03-28: MAYA08 / ひななみ at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Sanyo 3000 series 3608 at Oshio Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Sanyo 3000 series at Sanyo-Suma Station: nobu3withfoxy· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Sanyo 3000 series at Takinochaya Station 2019-11-15 (49765308043): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Sanyo Electric Railway 3000 series (山陽電鉄3000系, San'yō Dentetsu 3000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway in Japan since 1964. The 3000 series also includes the 3050 series (3050系), and the 3200 series (3200系).
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Served for 52 years (1964–2016).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1964
- in service from
- 1964
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 133
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Sanyo Electric Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead lines
- formation
- 3 & 4 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11471196, Wikipedia: Sanyo 3000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.