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Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2001· Japanese train type
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Series-SR2000-2802: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Saitama-Railway-2000: Yaguchi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Saitama Railway 2000 "Minato Mirai": にゆうてい Niyute· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 4. Saitama-2103-Tokyu-5159: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Saitama-Railway Urawa-Misono Station: まも (Mamo) This photo was taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Saitama-Railway-2807 2006: PekePON ( ja:User:UE-PON2600 )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Saitama-Series2000 2107: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Tokyo-Metro-Series9000 Saitama-Series2000: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Wrapping train by Saitama Railway 2000 series: 電車(新幹線)でゴー！· CC0
what is it?
The Saitama Railway 2000 series (埼玉高速鉄道2000系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Saitama Rapid Railway Line in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, by the third-sector railway operating company Saitama Railway Corporation since March 2001.
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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 2.3 MW is about 27 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 25 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- status
- in service
- number built
- 60
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kinki Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Saitama Railway
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 2.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 20.7 m
- weight
- 167 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11427165, Wikipedia: Saitama Rapid Railway 2000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.