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Sendai Subway 1000 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1987· Japanese train type
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sendai subway 1014 20081021: Jet-0 ( talk / Contributions ) at the Japanese Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Sendai Subway 1000 Series EMU - 53350792123: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Sendai Subway 1000 series ①: 七厩拓· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Sendai Subway 1000 series ②: 七厩拓· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Sendai Subway 1000Series Crew room: YAMANOTELINE e231· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Sendai-subway-1000: プログラマリオ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Sendai Subway 1000N series (仙台市交通局1000N系電車) is a rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Sendai, Japan. The 1000 series was the world's first train type to use fuzzy logic to control its speed, and this system developed by Hitachi accounts for the relative smoothness of the starts and stops when compared to other trains, and is 10% more energy efficient than human-controlled acceleration. It was the recipient of the 28th Laurel Prize award presented by the Japan Railfan Club.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 144: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 39 years.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1987
- in service from
- 1987
- status
- in service
- number built
- 84
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Sendai City Transportation Bureau
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 160 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- (overhead catenary)
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 21.8 m
- weight
- 128 t
- capacity
- 144 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10967856, Wikipedia: Sendai Subway 1000 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.