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Hanshin 9000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1996· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hanshin-Series9000-9201: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Hanshin 9000 series 9205 Koroen 20070701: Jr223 at Japanese Wikipedia· Public domain
- 3. Hanshin 9000 9205F Kintetsu Nara Line rapid express 2014-01-25 (12364845655): 松原 誠· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Hanshin 9000 series 9201 Koshien 200507: Sakamoto hiei at Japanese Wikipedia· Public domain
- 5. Hanshin 9000 series 9201F (49903506738): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Hanshin 9000 series 9209F (49903505923): Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Hanshin 9000 Series sub.semi-express: ガラスパゴス· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Hanshin-9000-kintetsuishikiri (2): JR223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Hanshin-9000-kintetsuishikiri: JR223· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Hanshin9000.taisetuwrapping: 阪神沿線民· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hanshin 9000 series (阪神電鉄9000系, Hanshin Dentetsu 9000-kei) is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan since 1996.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 122: 2 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
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- number built
- 30
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Hanshin Electric Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 110 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 19 m
- capacity
- 122 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11656901, Wikipedia: Hanshin 9000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.