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Toei 12-600 series
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 2012· Type of Japanese train
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Toei-subway12-600: Nyohoho· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Toei 12-600 61F Rear: あたまボーズ· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Toei 12-600(Batch 3) 69F: あたまボーズ· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Toei 12-600 series (都営12-600形, Toei 12-600-gata) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei) on the Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo, Japan. The first 12-600 series first entered service in 2012. A total of 22 eight-car sets were built from 2011 by Kawasaki and Nippon Sharyo.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 133 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 336: 7 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
- 2012
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 176
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- formation
- 8 cars per trainset
- length
- 133 m
- capacity
- 336 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11102976, Wikipedia: Toei 12-600 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.