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Sanyo 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2016· Japanese train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sanyō-Series6000-6011 (2024-03-02): Himeji-Higashi11184· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Sanyo-Series6000-6016: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sanyo 6000 LCD: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Sanyo 6000 door button: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Sanyo 6000 no6100: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Sanyo 6000 syanai: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Kakogawa-Bridge-Sanyo-6000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Sanyo 6000 akashi: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Sanyo 6000 hanshin test run: Jr223~commonswiki This photo was taken with Canon PowerShot SX720 HS· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Sanyo 6000 series 6001 at Shikama Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Sanyo Electric Railway 6000 series (山陽電気鉄道6000系, San'yō Denki tetsudō 6000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway in Japan since April 2016.
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 18.8 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
- 2016
- in service from
- 2016
- number built
- 15
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Sanyo Electric Railway
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 3 cars per trainset
- length
- 18.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19947195, Wikipedia: Sanyo 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.