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Toei 5300 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1991· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Toei-Type5319-8: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Toei-Type5300-5320: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Toei5300-AIRPORT02: The RW Place· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Toei5300-HigashiMatsudo: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Toei5300-T-1B: Toei5300· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Toei5300-T-INV1-: Toei5300· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Toei 5300 5320F 60th anniversary headmark in Keisei-Hikifune Station: Wikimizuki This photo was taken with iPhone SE (1st generation)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Toei 5300 5320F 60th anniversary headmark in Oshiage Station: Wikimizuki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. TOEI 5300 SERIES 5302- 20180730: Inatewi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. TOEI 5300 SERIES 5315 FORMATION LTD EXPRESS: KU RAILWAY· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Toei 5300 series (都営5300形, Toei 5300-gata) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Asakusa Line and associated through services in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 27 eight-car trainsets (216 vehicles) were built between 1990 and 1998 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, and Hitachi. The train type was introduced into service on 31 March 1991 following the introduction of Hokuso Kodan Line through services, and to replace the 5000 series trainsets that had been used on the Asakusa Line since its inception in 1960.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1991–2023).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991
- in service from
- 1991
- retired
- 2023
- status
- retired
- number built
- 216
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, Hitachi
- operators
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q848940, Wikipedia: Toei 5300 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.