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Tokyo Metro 03 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1988· Japanese train type
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metro-03series: MaedaAkihiko This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Teito Rapid Transit Authority 03 Series: T. Hanami This photo was taken with Canon EOS 400D· CC0
- 3. Tokyo Metro 03 at Kita-Senju Station 2016-10-07: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Tokyo Metro 03 at Minami-Senju Sta 2016-10-07 1: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan This photo was taken with Nikon D7100· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Tokyo Metro 03 at Minami-Senju Sta 2016-10-07 3: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan This photo was taken with Nikon D7100· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Tokyo Metro 03 at Minami-Senju Sta 2016-10-07 4: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan This photo was taken with Nikon D7100· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Tokyo Metro 03 series set 38 Minami-Senju 20161007: Cheng-en Cheng from Taipei City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Tokyo Metro 03 series: 銚電神· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Tokyo Metro 03-102F Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Test run 20170524: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tokyo Metro 03 series (東京メトロ03系, Tōkyō Metoro 03-kei) was an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 42 eight-car trainsets were built, between 1988 and 1994, entering service on 1 July 1988 and the final sets were withdrawn by 8 February 2020.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1988–2020).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2020
- status
- retired
- number built
- 337
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Kumamoto Electric Railway, Nagano Electric Railway, Tokyo Metro, Teito Rapid Transit Authority
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset (Hibiya Line), 2 cars per trainset (Kumamoto Dentetsu), 3 cars per trainset (Nagano Dentetsu)
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 32.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q858347, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 03 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.