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Hanshin 5500 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1995· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hanshin-Series5500-5509: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Hanshin 5500 Series 5511F between Mukogawa and Higashi-Naruo: さりと· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5912F: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5912F higasinaruo: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5914F: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Hanshin 5500 series 5501F (49904324327): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Hanshin 5500 Series 5505 at Nishinomiya Station: Suikotei· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Hanshin 5500 series 5517F (49904322257): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Hanshin-5500 Information-board: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Hanshin-5500: Jr223· Public domain
what is it?
The Hanshin 5500 series (阪神電鉄5500系, Hanshin Dentetsu 5500-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan since 1995.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 132: 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
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- number built
- 36
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Mukogawa Sharyo Kogyo
- operators
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 110 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 4 cars per Main Line trainset, 2 cars per Mukogawa Line trainset
- length
- 19 m
- capacity
- 132 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5651107, Wikipedia: Hanshin 5500 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.