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Tokyo Metro 8000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1981· electric multiple unit train type operated in Japan
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tokyo-Metro Series8000-8108: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 2021-06-20 Tokyo Metro 8000 series: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 8000 Series EMU - 53879091302: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Tokyo Metro 8000 series 8104 2017-06-19: yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Eidan 8000 series EMU 001: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Eidan 8000 series EMU 002: Tennen-Gas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Eidan 8000 series EMU 003: 天然ガス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Tokyo Metro 8000 series 8006 at Satte Station: Suikotei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Tokyo Metro 8000 series Futako-Shinchi Station 2017-05-07 (34751568914): yagi-s· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Tokyo Metro 8000 series Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line 20170721: Cfktj1596· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tokyo Metro 8000 series (東京メトロ8000系, Tōkyō Metoro 8000-kei) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line in Tokyo, Japan, since 1981. A total of 190 cars (19 ten-car sets) were built between 1980 and 1994 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, and Tokyu Car Corporation.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Weighs about as much as 53 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1981–2021).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 190
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Japan Transport Engineering Company
- operators
- Teito Rapid Transit Authority
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 165 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead
- formation
- 10 cars per trainset
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 318 t
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7813949, Wikipedia: Tokyo Metro 8000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.