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Shintetsu 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 2008· Japanese train type
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Shintetsu6000series01: Kansai explorer· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Shintetsu 6000 series 6002 at Karatodai Station: Suikotei· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Shintetsu 6000 series set 6003 20121217: Kohaku0811· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Shintetsu 6000 series set 6003 20130103: Kohaku0811· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Shintetsu 6000 Suzurandai 20080522: Jr223 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Shintetsu 6000 series (神戸電鉄6000系, Kōbe Dentetsu 6000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu) in Japan since 2008.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 152: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 8
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Kobe Electric Railway
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 18.3 m
- capacity
- 152 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11590253, Wikipedia: Shintetsu 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.