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Kobe Municipal Subway 6000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2019· Japanese electric multiple unit train type
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Kobe city subway 6000 series: Jr223~commonswiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Kobe Subway 6640 at Seishin-minami Station: KishujiRapid· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Kobe subway 6000 series LCD: Hahifuheho· CC0
what is it?
The Kobe Municipal Subway 6000 series (神戸市交通局6000形, Kōbe Shi Kōtsū-kyōku 6000-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Kobe Municipal Subway on the Seishin-Yamate Line and Hokushin Line (the two lines operate a through service) since February 16, 2019.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 536: 11 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- status
- in service
- number built
- 174
- kind
- EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- designer
- Ken Okuyama
- operators
- Kobe City Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
- formation
- 6-car sets
- length
- 19 m
- capacity
- 536 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55534149, Wikipedia: Kobe Municipal Subway 6000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.