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Sapporo Municipal Subway 5000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1995· Japanese train type
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Odori Station Sapporo01s3s3870: 663highland· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Sapporo subway 5000 LCD: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Sapporo Municipal Subway 5000 series (札幌市交通局5000形) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) rubber-tyred metro train type operated by Sapporo Municipal Subway on the Namboku Line in the city of Sapporo, Japan, since October 1995.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 828: 17 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 31 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- status
- in service
- number built
- 120
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- wheel arrangement
- 2'2'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'+2'2'
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 18.4 m
- weight
- 179 t
- capacity
- 828 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11521224, Wikipedia: Sapporo Municipal Subway 5000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.