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Sanyo 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1986· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sanyo-Series5000-5016: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Sanyo-Series5000-5002: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sanyo-5000 Akashi: KishujiRapid· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Sanyo5000syanai: 小倉商事· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Sanyo 5000 series 5016F (49904025196): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Sanyo 5000 series 5022F (49904325232): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Sanyo 5000 series 5611 20150401: 名鉄6000系· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Sanyo 5000 series at Himeji Station 2017-01-01: othree· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Sanyo 5000 series at Sanyo Suma Station 20130608 (9016456427): Kzaral· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Sanyo 5000 series at Takinochaya Station 2019-11-15 (49766167482): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Sanyo Electric Railway 5000 series (山陽電鉄5000系, San'yō Dentetsu 5000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway in Japan since 1986.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- number built
- 60
- 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
- 4 & 6 cars per trainset
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11471197, Wikipedia: Sanyo 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.