5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Toei6121 2: DD51612 at Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Kumamoto Electric Railway 6000 series: S-kaimoto· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Jabodetabek Old 6000 Series - 6171F EMU: Faris Fadhli· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Toei 6000 Bogor: Ridho 2002· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Toei 6000 series cars Nos. 6145 and 6146 at Sakura: PhantomII.Rider· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Toei 6000 series (都営6000形, Toei 6000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Mita Line in Tokyo, Japan, between 1968 and 1999, and subsequently on the Chichibu Railway (since 1999), Kumamoto Electric Railway, and Kereta Commuter Indonesia in Indonesia (from 2000 until 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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 36 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 58 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1968
- in service from
- 1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 168
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi
- operators
- Chichibu Railway, Kumamoto Electric Railway, KAI Commuter, Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, KRL Commuterline
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead wire
- formation
- 6 cars per set (Toei Mita Line), 8 cars per set (Kereta Commuter Indonesia), 3 cars per set (Chichibu Railway), 2 cars…
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 216 t
- capacity
- 58 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4260383, Wikipedia: Toei 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.